[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council.
- Staffordshire (England). County Council
- Date:
- 1926
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Deaths. The number of deaths in the Administrative County amounted to 7,956, the number in the urban districts being 5,620, and in the rural districts 2,336. In the following table comparative rates for seven quin¬ quennial periods and for the past three years are given, together with corresponding figures for the country as a whole, and for large and small towns throughout England :— Death-Rate per 1,000 of Population. • DISTRICTS. 5 yrs. 1889- 1893. 5 yrs. 1894- 1898. 5 yrs. 1899- 1903. 5 yrs. 1904- 1908. 5 yrs. 1909- 1913. 5 yrs. 1914- 1918. 5 yrs. 1919- 1923. 1924. 1925. 1926. ® s Combined E \ Urban and Rural eo 1 18.1 16.9 16.1 14.6 14.1 15.0 12.3 11.4 12.0 10.9 T3 J o ] Urban fci f 18.9 17.5 16.6 15.1 14.7 15.5 12.6 11.5 12.3 10.9 rf} Rural • • • • . • 16.8 15.7 15.1 13.4 12.7 13.8 11.6 11.2 11.4 10.9 England and Wales 19.1 17.4 16.9 15.3 13.9 15.2 12.5 12.2 12.2 11.0 Large Towns . . 21.0 19.0 18*2 15.8 14.3 15.5 12.6 12.3 12-2 11.6 Smaller Towns. . 17.6 15.9 15.7 14.9 13.6 14.1 11.5 11.2 11.2 -*- 10.6 The death-rate per 1,000 of the population for this year is 10.9, whilst that for the country as a whole is 11.6. On referring to the Table for previous years, it will be noted that except during the quinquennial period, 1909 to 1913, the death-rate in this County has been slightly lower than that for England and Wales during the last 37 years. In the following Table I have shown the chief causes of death for the last five years, the number given each year being approximately 67 per cent, of the total deaths Table Showing Chief Causes of Death. 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 ^Zymotic Diseases 421 540 271 604 337 Influenza 435 166 427 325 185 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System 520 497 497 530 497 Tuberculosis, other forms 158 172 154 143 139 Cancer, Malignant Disease 763 716 639 790 785 Cerebral Haemorrhage 534 485 487 542 464 Heart Disease ... 961 900 968 1053 1054 Arterio-sclerosis 189 194 205 238 229 Bronchitis 800 644 687 648 544 Pneumonia 906 706 788 809 660 Congenital Debility &c. ... 593 482 551 521 496 * Enteric Fever, Measles, Small-pox, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria and Diarrhoea.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30131984_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
