[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough.

  • Chorley (England). Borough Council
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE C. YEAR Total N umber of Deaths. NORTH WARD. SOUTH WARD. EAST WARD. WEST WARD. WORK- HOUSE. 1908 457 83 97 129 119 29 1907 477 102 119 118 110 28 1906 461 82 89 126 120 44 1905 1 461 78 88 141 125 29 In the next Table (Table D) I have arranged the Deaths of Chorley residents under the various groups of ages at which they occurred, and compared each group with the similar groups of the three *• K-J t/ YEAR. Under 1 Year. 1 and under 5. 5 and under 15. ! 15 and under 25. 25 and under 65. 65 and upwards. TOTALS 1908 115 46 20 8 164 104 457 1907 131 64 22 19 147 94 477 1906 111 55 10 15 161 109 461 1905 110 59 16 13 184 79 461 You will see that all the age groups of Infants, Young Children, and Adolescents show a decreased number of Deaths in 1908, as com- pared with 1907, whilst, on the other hand, the Deaths in Adults and Old People have been more numerous in 1908 than in the previous year. The decrease in the number of Deaths under one year of age has been largely due to the diminished mortality from Pneumonia, which was unusually prevalent amongst Infants in 1907. The Infantile Mortality, or the ratio between the number of Deaths under one year of age and the number of Births registered during 1908 was one hundred and thirty-nine (139) per thousand, very much below the the Infantile Mortality of 1907, viz. : one hundred and seventy- one (171), and the average of the preceding decade (1898—1907) one hundred and seventy-two (172) per thousand. [6]