Report of the Director-General of Public Health, New South Wales.
- New South Wales. Department of Public Health
- Date:
- [1925]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Director-General of Public Health, New South Wales. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![HUNTER RIVER COMBINED SANITARY DISTRICT. Table 5.—Districts comprised in Newcastle and Suburbs, together with six outside Municipalities, Greta, East and West Maitland, Morpeth, Raymond Terrace, Singleton; and live Shires, Bolwarra, Cessnock, Lake Macquarie, Port Stephens, and Tarro, enumerated below. Births and Deaths, each Local Area—Hunter River Combined Districts, 1925. Municipality or Shire. Estimated Mean Population, 1925. Births. Deaths. Deaths under 1 year. Number who died in Public Institutions (included in foregoing). Total Births. Illegitimate (included in foregoing). M. E. Total. M. F. Total. M. F. Total. M. F. Newcastle and Suburbs 96,400 1,349 1,281 2,630 76 72 148 517 388 905 76 64 393 Greta . 1,580 17 27 44 3 8 ] l 2 Maitland East . 3,830 56 56 112 2 3 5 19 15 34 3 6 „ West. 8,830 174 168 342 4 6 10 86 62 148 9 10 93 Morpeth . 1,070 7 12 19 2 2 1 ] Raymond Terrace. 860 99 17 39 1 1 o 3 5 Singleton . 3,270 131 84 215 6 ~3 9 14 17 31 ~5 * ~4 10 Bolwarra Shire. 3,290 43 46 89 2 1 3 9 10 19 2 1 3 Cessnock. 35,410 521 531 1,052 14 8 22 137 115 252 42 27 65 Lake Macquarie Shire ... 22,570 294 312 606 9 11 20 89 55 144 14 20 25 Port Stephens Shire 3,820 18 12 30 • • • • • • • • • 11 3 14 3 1 Tarro Shire . 5,860 64 . ?7 141 1 5 6 40 29 69 9 9 37 Total . 186,790 2,696 2,623 5,319 115 111 226 928 705 1,633 160 147 626- Table 6.—Causes of Death of Children under 1 year—Hunter River Combined Sanitary District—1925. Cause® ci Death. NEWCASTLE AND SUBURBS. REMAINDER OE COMBINED DISTRICT. Measles. Whooping cough. Diphtheria . Influenza . Dysentery . Cerebro-spinal meningitis . Tuberculosis—intestines, peritoneum ... Other General Diseases . Meningitis . Convulsions . Bronchitis . Pneumonia . Gastritis . Diarrhoea and enteritis . Intestinal obstruction . Diseases of the Skin . Congenital malformations . Congenital debility. Premature birth . Injury at birth . Other diseases peculiar to early infancy Accident . All other causes . Total O eft O £ o Adamstown. c o fcL .5 tZ »- cz o Hamilton. Lambton. c o a G d » o * F-* o 3 CD £ O $-i (D -- Stockton. 'd G CD cft 15 !>■ Waratah. Wickham. Total. Greta. Maitland, East. Maitland, West. Morpeth. Raymond Terrace. Singleton. Bolwarra Shire. CD S-t 15 m 14 o o G Cft oo o O Lake Macquarie Shire. Port Stephens Shire. Tarro Shire. TOTA L DEATHS. I 2 1 1 1 ... 1 1 7 1 3 ... 1 5 3 1 21 i 1 1 2 i i 1 1 i 1 i 1 1 i ... ... 1 1 ... ... o ... 4 1 1 3 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 7 5 1 6 ~ ... IT ... 1 ... ... ... 1 1 11 1 ... 1 2 ... 8 1 1 i 26 10 2 1 2 3 3 1 22 1 ... 3 ... ... io 4 3 43 f 1 2 i i 3 ~2 3 ~1 i ~4 3 17 1 1 ... 4 1 2 26 l 2 2 1 1 4 i 2 3 17 8 4 1 2 32 8 2 5 3 4 2 2 6 8 3 43 3 8 3 1 14 11 2 4 89 1 1 l 2 5 1 ... . • • 2 3 11 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 1 . . • 1 1 3 3 .. • 3 19 1 1 1 3 ”* 1 4 1 i 1 1 1 ... 1 1 ... 6 33 6 i 13 9 8 12 8 15 21 14 140 2 9 19 ... ... 9 3 69 34 4 18 307 Deaths of infants at age3 (months)Under 1 month, 180; 1 to 2 months, 30; 3 to 5 months, 32; G to llOnonths, 65; total, 307. t i •»](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31485169_0151.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
