[Report 1881] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.

  • Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1881
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Credit: [Report 1881] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Wards. Deaths from all Causes. Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. Deaths from Causes Uncertified. M. F. M. F. M. F. Cleveland 148 Ill 26 22 2 3 Claughton 18 13 1 1 * , Grange 214 179 30 32 9 1 Argyle 148 142 18 20 4 2 (Ward not Specified) 6 6 .. .. Oxton 25 16 5 3 Egerton 44 44 5 8 Clifton 74 72 17 13 3 Mersey 44 34 5 4 ,, 2 (Ward not Specified) 3 1 .. .. .. Bebington 17 7 3 1 •• •• This table will, with the Street Kegister, furnish all the information that can he required on the subject. It is well to note that the streets opposite which the highest death-totals appear are not the streets in which the mortality was really highest. In 1881, as in past years, there was most sickness, and most fatal sickness, in the smaller streets and alleys inhabited by the veiy poor. The following table shows the relative mortality of the wards during 1881:— 1881. Estimated Population at Midsummer General Death-rate per 1,000 Living Zymotic Death-rate per 1,000 Living Cleveland Ward.. 12880 20-10 3-72 Claughton 2934 10-56 0-68 Grange 21419 18-34 2-89 Argyle 17563 16-51 2-15 Oxton M • • 3317 12-36 2-41 Egerton 8028 10-96 1-61 Clifton M •• 11068 13-19 2-71 Mersey 5038 15-42 1-78 Bebington 2157 11-12 1-85 Birkenhead, including deaths not ] localized and in Union Premises J 84404 17-32 2-73 Except as regards Cleveland, Grange, and Argyle Wards, this may be taken as fairly indicating the great difference there is in the healthiness of different parts of the Borough. The number of deaths in Cleveland Ward is unduly high owing to the deaths in the Borough Hospital and Fever Hospital, and the number of deaths in Grange Ward is unduly high owing to the deaths in the