[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C.

  • West Lancashire (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Infant Mortality.—The number of Deaths of Children under one year was 80, equal to an Infant Mortality Rate of ii8 per 1000 Births, which is considerably less than that of 158 in 1897, and almost exactly equal to the average of the ten previous years. The following Table com])ares the above Rates with those of England and Wales, and with some of those for the Administrative County of Lancaster. Death and other Rates for England and Wales, Lancashire, and the West Lancashire Rural District. Birth-rate per* 1,000 living. Death-rate per 1,000 living. Zymotic Death-rate per 1,000 living. Infant Mortality per 1,000 Births. England and Wales . 29-4 17*6 2-22 161 Rural England and Wales... 28-7 16-7 175 145 Lancashire . • • • 15-8 1-01* • • • Urban Lancashire . • • • 16-4 • • • • • • Rural Lancashire .. • • • 13-4 • • • • • • West Lancashire Rural District . 2371 13-29 1-12 118 * Excluding deaths from Diarrhoea, which are included in the other Zymotic Death-rates. The Death-rate from Phthisis Pulmonalis, or Consumption, was *87 per 1000, which is well below the average of D26 for the preceding ten years. That from Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy was i *96, also well below the average, which is 2-81. The rate from Influenza was *29, which is below the average of *38 for the eight years ending 1897. Thirty-seven of the Deaths were certified as being from Old Age, equal to a rate of **37» and form nearly 10J per cent, of the total deaths.