Dr. Airy's report to the local government board on the sanitary state of the Knighton registration district (Radnorshire).

  • Airy, Hubert.
Date:
1878
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Credit: Dr. Airy's report to the local government board on the sanitary state of the Knighton registration district (Radnorshire). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mortality. ap causes, and of deaths from seven principal diseases of the zymotic class, taken from the Registrar-General's Quarterly Returns from 1870 to 30th June 1877, for the former Presteigne Registration District and for fhe two registration sub-districts (Knighton and Llanbister) of the Knighton Union. It must be remembered that the present Knighton Union includes only a part of the old Presteigne Union, and therefore the returns relating to the Presteigne District in these tables do not belong precisely to the new Presteigne Sub-district, though they • serve as a fair index of the average rate of mortality there. Again, the returns for the Knighton Sub-district include all deaths in the Knighton Urban District, and therefore do not precisely represent the mortality in the rural portion. The returns for the Llanbister Sub-district are exclusively rural. Table I.—Deaths from all Causes. Year. Presteigne District. Knighton Sub-district. Llanbister Sub-district. Estimated population in 1873 - 3,900 6,000 4,360 1870 - 75 122 79 1871 - - - - 62 126 62 1872 - 57 102 71 1873 - 53 100 56 1874 - 51 97 73 1875 - - - - 70 112 68 1876 - 56 106 84 1877 to June 30 38 72 37 Average per annum 61-6 111*6 70*7 Average death-rate per 1,000 per aunum. 15*8 18*6 16*2 Table II.—Deaths from Seven Zymotic Diseases. Year. Small-pox. Measles. Scarlatina. Diphtheria. Whooping Cough. Fever. Diarrhoea. P* K. LI. P. K. LI. P. K. LI. P. K. |li. P. K. Ll. P. K. Ll. P. K. Ll. 1870 - 1 _ 5 1 1 1 1 __ 1 3 7 1 1871 - 1 12 3 - - - - - - - 9 - — 2 — 1872 - — 1 1 - - - 1 - 4 - 2 - 1 2 1 2 3 3 1 3 2 1873 - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - 2 - — 2 3 - 2 3 1874 - - - — - 1 - 2 2 5 - 1 - - 2 - - 5 3 — 2 — 1875 - - - - 2 3 - 3 1 4 1 - 1 1 3 - — 4 3 3 _ 1876 - — - - — 2 - - 2 1 - 3 - - 2 8 1 2 6 3 _ 1877 to June 30 1 2 2 - 1 2 - Average death rate per 1000 per annum. 0*30 0*50 0*55 0 16 0*24 0*14 0*66 076 0-26 0*26 0*15 The rate of mortality from all causes is decidedly low in the Presteigne District, somewhat higher in the Llanbister Sub-district, and higher still in the Knighton Sub- district, which includes the town of Knighton. After allowance has been made for the proportion of this mortality which is due to the town of Knighton, it appears that the death-rate in the Knighton part of the rural district has been by no means high. For sake of comparison it may be mentioned that the average death-rate during the same period in the country districts of England and Wales in general has been about 19 per 1,000. While, however, the total mortality from all causes in the Knighton district has been rather low, it must be noticed that the mortality from fever has been decidedly high. In the Knighton Sub-district the fever death-rate during the seven years 1870-7 exceeded by one-half, and in the Llanbister Sub-district it has been nearly double, that for the country at large. It appears from these figures that while the general condi- * P.—Presteigne District. K.—Knighton Sub-district. LI.—Llanbister Sub-district,