[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Jarrow Borough.
- Jarrow (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1909
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Jarrow Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![table, where the general death-rate, the .Zymotic death-rate, also that for Phthisis and Diseases of the Respiratory System, exclud¬ ing Phthisis, as well as the Infantile Mortality Rate, are shown separately for each quarter of the year. Quarterly Death Rates per 1,000 of the Population. (Jarrow). © ei A <a o p CO o H _© 03 A d <0 p .2 'o g tq Phthisis Death-rate. .2 bo,8 cs .5 rt .r h3 7 1 4. CJ 03 ^ * p o £ 2 © ® .2 as >,5 p H i 1 | _>> X o _© « I ■3 I a fl First Quarter 19-i 8 ] 49 1 49 4 48 164 Second Quarter 19-41 2 18 1*49 517 140 Third Quarter 11 48 1-14 1 03 2 41 103 Fourth Quarter 16-31 0 os 103 6-28 185 Year 16 60 1 37 1 26 4 33 .148 It will be noticed that the general death-rate for the first two quarters was very much higher than the average for the year, being as high as 19.4 in the second quarter. This was largely due to Bronchitis and Pneumonia, there being 40 deaths, due to these causes, during the months of April and May. In these months also,'the Zymotic Mortality was exceptionally high, there being no less than 15 deaths, chiefly due to Measles and Whooping Cough. The death-rate for the third quarter is. exceptionally low for this period of the year. The Zymotic Mortality w-as also highest in the second quarter, due to the diseases already men¬ tioned. It was lowest in the last quarter of the year, 0.68; there being no Zymotic deaths at all during the month of October. For Phthisis the rate was 1.49 for the first two quarters, and 1.03 for the last tWo. For disease. of the Respiratory System, excluding Phthisis, the rate was lowest in the third quarter—2.41, and highest—5^28 in the last quarter of the year. The Infantile](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29708175_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
