[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire Council
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEATHS. The total number of deaths in the county was 3,808, compared with 3,576 in 1903, 3,654 in 1902, and 3,745 in 1901. Table 4. Crude and Corrected Death Rates. Urban and Rural Districts of Shropshire and England and Wales. Period. Shropshire England and Wales Urban Districts, of Shropshire Urban Counties of England and Wales Rural Districts of Shro])shire; 1 Rural Counties of England and Wales. Crude Kates. Corrected Rates Crude Kates. t Corrected Kates. Corrected cites. 1 etude Kates. t Corrected Rates. t Corrected Rates. 1904 1.0.7 14.0 16.2 16.6 15.5 Hi 15.1 13.0 * 1903 14.8 13.2 15.4 15.8 14.7 16.99 14.3 12.3 12.88 1902 15.1 13.4 16.3 16.7 15.6 17.8 13.9 11.9 13.7 1901 15.5 13.8 16.9 16.2 15.1 17.7 15.0 12.9 15.3 1900 16.4 14.6 18.2 17.7 16.5 18.9 15.5 13.3 16.6 * These figures are not yet available. t These are the rates of mortality that would result if the age and sex constitution of the population of the districts were identical with those ( f the population of England and Wales at the Census, 1901. In the above Table the figures for the whole County of Shropshire should strictly be compared with those of the rural counties of England and Wales. As in last year’s report the deaths in public institutions have been distributed, so far as possible, amongst the districts to which thev belong, with the result that fairly correct death-rates are obtained, although there is still a slight di.screpancv. One hundred and ninety-eight deaths have been deducted and 138 added. There were 43 deaths in the countv asvlum and workhouses not belonging to the county and three deaths in outside workhouses which belong to the county. The death-rate, 15.7, shows a slight increase on the three preceding years. With the exception of the small urban district of Church Stretton, Whitchurch Urban District and Bridgnorth Borough had the highest death-rates.