[Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Morpeth R.D.C.
- Morpeth (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1906
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Morpeth R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![death rate of 12 per 1,000 for your Rural District. In the Colliery locality there were 196 deaths and in the Agricultural 31, which yield respectively a death rate of 15*1 and 6*8 per 1,000. That tor England and Wales is 15 for 1906. The death rate for the different months in the year per 1,000 as recorded in my monthly reports is as follows(excluding the Asylum) r— January 11 '4 July . 15-2 February 16 August 62 March 14*1 September 18 April ... :4’5 October 14*6 May 11 • 1 November io*6 June 18 *8 December 8*2 Infantile Death Rate.- -There is a still further reduction vear in the Infantile death rate. Under One vear 66 deaths, which is equal to 134 per 1,000 children born, against 140 in 1905 and 195 in 1904. Tubercular diseases again show a reduction, in 1905 the number was 32 ; during 1906, there were only 27 cases, which is equal to 1*5 per 1,000. From Phthisis Pulmonalis the rate is *8 per 1,000. From all Respiratory Diseases including Phthisis Pul¬ monalis, 2'6, as against 3 per 1,000 in the previous year. For clearness, I have tabulated the most important diseases and their rates per 1,000. It shows an all-round improvement as compared with the previous year. DISEASES. 1905. 1906. Number of Cases. Rate per 1,000. Number of Cases. Rate per 1,000. Phthisis Pulmonalis... • • • • • • 21 1*2 C3 •8 All Tubercular Diseases ... • • 1 « • • 32 1-8 27 1 '5 Respiratory Diseases (including- Phthisis) 52 3 46 2*6 Cancer and all Malignant Growths 13 •76 ]Q '5 Heart Diseases ... ... 25 1A 24 i'3 Infectious Diseases... ... iS •10 17 •09](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29803809_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
