[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I 23 The deaths from cancer were 162, an increase of 31 over the 7 years’ average. The above table shows that the death-rale was higher, both in the Urban and Rural districts, but especially in the latter. One half of the deaths occurred among persons 65 years of age and over. Among any popula¬ tion which has a much larger proportion of persons living at that extreme age, cases of cancer and of heart disease, which are mainly diseases of old-age, may be looked for in greater numbers than among a population where there is a larger proportion of young and middle-aged people. In each 1,000 of the population of the East Riding there are 69 persons living at the age of 65 years and over, but in the population of England and Wales the proportion is only 46 persons per 1,000, a difference of nearly 50 per cent. The figures of any one year are not the real test as to the prevalence of any disease, as they are too few, and looking back for several years there are found striking differences in the returns. The following are the actual number of deaths from cancer for the previous 5 years throughout the County In 1903 there were 118 deaths. ,, 1904 „ 154 „ ,, 1905 ,, 127 ,, „ 1906 „ 131 „ ,, 1907 „ 133 „ „ 1908 „ 162 „ The death-rate from cancer in England and Wales in 1907 was 0-90 per 1,000. HEART DISEASE. HEART DISEASES DEATH-RATES. Districts. 1901 1902 1903 ] 904 1905 1906 1907 Average rate for the seven vears 1901-1907 1908 Ad.County 1-6 1-5 1-4 1-7 1-5 1-85 1-5 1-5 1*83 U rban Districts 1-5 1-8 1-5 1*6 1-3 1-6 1-5 1 ‘5 2-07 Rural Districts 1-7 1-3 1*3 1-7 1*6 1-96 1-6 1-6 1-66