[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.
- Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1934
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Live Births :— Total M. F. Legitimate .... 1,040 532 508 1 1 B.R. per 1,000 population Rlegitimate 49 27 22 ' S 14.6. Still Births 56 23 33 Rate per 1,000 total births, 49.0. Deaths .... .... 802 420 382 D.R. per 1,000 population 10.8. Deaths from puerperal causes; from sepsis, 3 ; other causes, 2. Rate per 1,000 total births ; sepsis, 2.6 ; other causes, 1.7. Death rate of Infants under one year :— All Infants per 1,000 live births Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births .... 59.0 58.7 1 81.6 j 1 CORONER’S INQUESTS. There were 36 inquests on Darlington residents, 9 of which were held outside Darlington. Eighteen inquests were held in Darlington on deaths transferable to other areas. Post mortems were held in 39 cases including 6 outward transfers. Eleven deaths were suicidal, 8 men and 3 women choosing this method of deliberately leaving this life. Street accidents and other violence accounted for 21 deaths compared with 28 last year. « { UNCERTIFIED DEATHS. ) ) I Deaths not certified by a medical practitioner but in which the Coroner ! was satisfied that there was no further investigation required numbered ] 36 the same as last year. Four of these were among children j under one year of age. Unfortunately, the indefinite nature of the terms ■' used to describe the cause of death leads to much difficulty in classification and one would often welcome a detailed post mortem inquiry with a Coroner’s certificate to ensure greater accuracy in determination of cause. DEATHS IN INSTITUTIONS. Residents. Others. Total. Municipal Hospital .... 63 2 65 The Memorial Hospital .... 124 86 210 Greenbank Maternity Hospital 5 2 7 Borough Hospital .... 24 5 29 Nursing Homes .... .... 8 9 17 Totals .... 224 104 328 In other Institutions .... 29 — 29 Proportion in Institutions (253) to total deaths of Darlington residents (802) 31-5%](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29149162_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
