[Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Penzance U.D.C. / Borough.
- Penzance (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1900
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Penzance U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[3] and the usual monthly reports have been regularly sent by the Medical Officer of Health to the Chairman of the Cornwall County Council Sanitary Committee. No special report has been called for during the year. Vital Statistics of the Year. In 1900 there were registered 305 births (158 male, 147 female) and 197 deaths (90 male, 107 female), giving a natural increase of 108. It will be noticed that the male births are 11 in excess of the female; the female deaths 17 in excess of the male. The births are 12, the deaths 40, below the average of the preceding 10 years. The Birth-rate is, as usual, moderate (24-43), and the Death-rate stands at the satisfactory figure of 1578. Correcting the latter by the elimination of nine deaths of non-residents, we obtain the moderate rate for our residents of 15 06, being 2’82 below the average of the 10 preceding years. The Infantile mortality-rate is 17377, which compares favourably with the 1890-9 average (188'1)- The zymotic death-rate—1‘28—is the same as in 1899, and 77 below the 1896-8 average. The number of deaths under one year of age (53) is seven below the average of the 10 preceding years. Deaths arranged according to Age-periods. The following table shows the deaths at the various age-periods compared with the averages (omitting fractions) at the same for the four preceding years:— All ages. o—1. 1—5. 5—15. 15—25. 25—65. 65 & upwards. 19°°- 197 53 11 3 5 68 57 Av. 1896-9. 221 57 14 4 10 69 65 It will be seen that the saving has been at all age-periods, and is proportion¬ ately most marked at ages between 15 and 25. Seasonal Distribution of Deaths. The following table shows the seasonal distribution of deaths, compared with the averages (omitting fractions) of the four preceding years :— 1900. Average 1896-9 1 st Ouarter 59 63 2nd 52 46 3rd 47 6l 4th 39 51 197 22 1](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29986667_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
