[Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Gillingham (Kent) Borough.
- Gillingham (Kent, England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1915
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Gillingham (Kent) Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Vital Statistics, 1915. England and Wales Annual Rate per 1000 living. ] Deaths. Births. Crude. Standardised. 21-9 15-1 14-8 Deaths under 1 year to 1000 births no 97 great towns including London ... 22-8 15*6 15*9 117 148 smaller towns 21-6 140 14-2 114 England & Wales (less the 242 towns) 20-7 14-8 13-6 98 London... 22-6 16*1 161 112 Gillingham 23-7 13-4 13-5 94-4 Carlisle as compared with Gillingham. Carlisle. Population estimated to June, 1915 ... ... 52,625 GiUingham. *45,058 Birth Rate per 1,000 living . . • . • • 22-6 23-7 Nett Death Rate per 1,000 living ... • • • 181 13-4 Standardised Death Rate per 1,000 living • • • • • • 18-4 13-5 Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 births • • • • • • 144-3 94-4 Zymotic Death Rate « • • » • • 2-07 0-9 Respiratory Diseases Death Rate (other than Phthisis) 3-0 2-3 Phthisis Death Rate per 1,000 living • • • • • • 1*6 0-9 Other Tuberculous Diseases Death Rate • • • • • • 0-5 0-2 Maligant Diseases Death Rate « t • M 0-7 *Civil Population. I might mention that' I am, basing my calculations on the population figures sent m© by the Registrar-General, viz., 45,058; that is for the civil inhabitants of the town. Previously those of the Naval and Military have been included in our population, which was last year 54,641. Under these circumstances I am excluding all service deaths that have been registered in the Borough. MORTALITY IN THE, ARMY AND NAVY. The attention of Medical Officers of Health is drawn to the fact that for the year 1915 the Registrar-General proposes to exclude from his returns for local areas the deaths of all members of the armed forces of this' or other countries, and not only of those dying in institu- tions, as indicated in Tables I. and III. of the Local Government Board. The estimates of local populations now distributed are estimates of civilian population o,nly, and it is therefore appropriate that all deaths of combatants should be excluded in the calculation of death rates founded upon them. “ In view of this decision it will be in order for Medical Officers of Health to act similarly in the preparation of Tables' I. and III. of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29255302_0004.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
