[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council.

  • Staffordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths. The number of deaths in the Administrative County amounted to 8,717, the number in the urban districts being 6,287, and in the rural districts 2,430. In the following table comparative rates for seven quin¬ quennial periods and for the past year are given, together with corresponding figures for the country as a whole, and for large and small towns throughout England :— Death-Rate per 1,000 op Population. DISTRICTS. 5 yrs. 5 yrs. 1889-1894- 1893. 1898. 5 yrs. 1899- 1903. 5 yrs. 1904- 1908. 5 yrs. 1909- 1913. 5 yrs. 1914- 1918. 5 yrs. 1919- 1923. 1924. 1925. ® s Combined £ V Urban and Rural «G 1 18.1 16.9 16.1 14.6 11.1 15.0 12.3 11.4 12.0 T3 J o ] Urban iti / 18.9 17.5 10.6 15.1 11.7 15.5 12.6 11.5 12.3 cS[ rfi Rnrfl/l • • • • • • 16.8 15.7 15.1 13.4 12.7 13.8 11.6 11.2 11.4 England and Wales 19.1 17.1 16.9 15.3 13.9 15.2 12.5 12.2 12.2 Large Towns . . 21.0 19.0 18-2 15.8 14.3 15.5 12.6 12.3 12-2 Smaller Towns. . 17.6 15.9 15.7 14.9 13.6 14.1 11.5 11.2 11.2 The death-rate per 1,000 of the population for this year is 12, whilst that for the country as a whole is 12.2. On referring to the Table for previous years, it will be noted that except during the quinquennial period, 1904 to 1908, the death-rate in this County has been slightly lower than that for England and Wales during the last 36 years. In the following Table I have shown the chief causes of death for the last five years, the number given each year being approximately 70 per cent, of the total deaths :— Table Showing Chief Causes of Death. 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 ^Zymotic Diseases 517 421 540 271 604 Influenza 207 435 166 427 325 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System 521 520 497 497 530 Tuberculosis, other forms 163 158 172 154 143 Cancer, Malignant Disease 727 763 716 639 790 Cerebral Haemorrhage 488 534 485 487 542 Heart Disease ... 812 961 900 968 1053 Arterio-sclerosis 159 189 194 205 238 Bronchitis 695 800 644 687 648 Pneumonia 745 906 706 788 809 Congenital Debility &c. ... 727 593 482 551 521 * Enteric Fever. Measles, Small-pox, Scarlet Fever, Whooping and Diarrhoea. Cough, Diphtheria