[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Solihull R.D.C.

  • Solihull (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Solihull R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    District during recent years, and there can be no doubt that much credit is due to the present system of visiting mothers rendered possible through the information obtained by this Act. Vital Statistics. Tables I. and III. are self-explanatory, and do not require much comment. It is extremely satisfactory to note that although the general death-rate for the District for 1912 was the lowest on record, that for the past year is very much lower, being only 9.9 per thousand of the population. The Registrar-General has supplied a factor for the cor¬ rection of the death-rate just given. The age and sex distribu¬ tion of any community naturally differs from that of England and Wales generally, and also from that of any other com¬ munity. Therefore the death-rate of one District must be corrected before it can be compared with that of England and Wales generally, or with that of any other District. The standardized death-rate for the Rural District of Solihull for 1913 is 9.0 per thousand, as compared with the crude net death-rate already given as 9.9. This standardized death- rate of 9.0 compared with that of 12.1 for the rual districts of England and Wales generally during 1913. Manv of the details of Table III. have already received comment. Cancer accounted for 22 deaths, heart disease for 20, aiul bronchitis and pneumonia for 21. The total of 50 given under “other defined diseases ” above G5 years of age include a majority of deaths certified as due to old age. 'I'he vital statistics of the District for 1913 are, on the whole, exceedingly satisfactory. I a])pcnd the Reports of the vSurveyor and of the Sanitary Inspector :—
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