Manual for medical officers of health / by Edward Smith.

Date:
1873
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Manual for medical officers of health / by Edward Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    (No, II.) Annual Rate of Mortality per iooo in Town and Country Districts of England, 1859-1869. Town— In 142 districts and 56 districts ricts 1 sub- > 1861. C Area, statute acres, 3,287,151 t Population . . . 10,930,84 Mean Mortality. Year . 24*47 March . 27'23 June . 23-39 September 22*93 . December 24-32 Country— Small towns and country parishes . C Area, statute acres, 34,o37,732'| 1 Population . . . 9,135,383) Year 19-99 March . 23*02 June . 20-32 September 18-88 December 17-16 (No. 12.) Population, Mortality, Temperature, and Rainfall in Eleven Chief Towns, 1869. Deaths to Temperature. Rainfall. Population. IOOO li ving. 0 Inches. London . 3,170,754 . 24- 66 • 496 . 23 92 Bristol . 169,423 . 24- 22 • 49'6 • 34 74 Birmingham . ' 360,846 . 21 51 Liverpool 509,052 • 29 06 • 49o • 29 68 Manchester 370,892 . 28 97 Salford . 119,350 . 26 75 . 48-1 . 35 43 Sheffield 239,750 • 27 58 • 48-3 • 30 31 Bradford 138,522 • 25 53 Leeds 253,110 . 26 25 • 49'I • 26 84 Hull 126,680 • 25 37 Newcastle-on-Tyne . 130,503 . 26 10 Total 6,546,587 26 •13 48-7 30 15 The topographical distribution of disease has recently been considered by many writers, and particularly by Mr. Haviland, who has published charts, coloured to show the mortality from Phthisis and diseases of the heart throughout Eng- land ; whilst Drs. Bowditch and Buchanan have proved that