[Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough.

  • Tunbridge Wells (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1894
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Credit: [Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE III. SHEWING THE RELATIVE QUARTERLY AIORTALITY FOR FIVE YEARS. f890 1891 1892 1893 1 1894 1 Number of Deaths 1st Quarter j Rate per 1000 per 103 102 160 104 114 annum 14 6 14-6 226 14-63 15-8 Number of Deathsj 92 90 106 103 99 2nd Quarter J Rate per 1000 per i annum 13-9 12-7 12-8 14 9 14-3 (Number of Deaths 3rd Quarter 1 Rate per 1000 per annum 72 86 94 97 72 lOTO 12.25 13-22 13-12 11 11 1 Number of Deaths 108 99 91 123 97 4th Quarter ] Rate per 1000 per '■ annum 15-2 14-0 12-7 17 0 13 2 Duration of Life.—The following deaths took place at advancedi ages : — Deaths at over 90 6 ,, under 90 and over 80 - 33 „ 80 J 9 70 - 52 „ „ 70 > > 60 - 53 and w-ere equivalent to 36 per cent. of the 144 deaths at all ages, as against 39 per cent, in 1893. Between the ages of 4 and 25 there occurred only 36 deaths, as against 48 the previous year, and the low rate of mortality between these ages is remarkable, being at the rate of only 1-2 per 1,000 of the inhabitants. Infant Mortality.—There were 58 deaths registered during the^ year as occurring at ages under one year, as against 655 births. These figures give a death rate per 1,000 infants born and during the first year of life, of 88'5 as against llOV in the previous year, whereas the Eegistrar General’s returns for 1893 shewed that 159 out of every 1,000 infants born throughout the country generalljQ.. died before completing a year of life.