[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council.

  • West Virginia. Department of Commerce. Planning and Research Division
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEATH RATE. It will be seen from the following Table III. that the Death Rate remains low and has shown little variation during the past seven years. DEATH RATES : Urban Districts, 12.56. Rural Districts, 10.90. Administrative County, 11.72. TABLE III., showing number of Deaths and Death Rates for Years 1911-1926, for Urban and Rural Districts, Administrative County and England and Wales. 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 Urban Districts— No. of Deaths Death Rate 1104 13.1 1017 11 .9 1085 12 .5 1149 13 .2 1323 17 .0 1145 15 .0 1131 15 .0 1327 16 .5 1211 14 .6 1048 12 .2 1143 12 .7 1157 12 .7 1042 11 .4 1248 13 .4 1111 11 .7 1241 12.5 Rural Districts No. of Deaths Death Rate 1099 11 .8 1040 11 .4 1061 11 .1 1117 11 .6 1250 14 .4 1066 12 .8 1108 13 .8 1196 14 .5 1170 13 .7 971 10.9 1042 10 .9 1096 11 .4 953 9 .8 1094 11 .1 1175 11 .8 1122 10.9 Admin. County— No. of Deaths Death Rate 2203 12 .4 2057 11 .4 2146 11 .7 2266 12 .4 2573 15 .6 2211 13 .9 2239 14 .4 2523 15 .5 2381 14 .2 2019 11 .5 2185 11 .8 2253 12 .1 1995 10 .6 2342 12 .2 2286 11 .8 2363 11.7 England & Wales— Death Rate 14 .6 13 .3 13 .7 14 .0 15 .7 14 .4 14.4 17 .6 13 .8 12 .4 12 .1 12 .9 11 .6 12 .2 12 .2 11.6 The Causes of Death are shewn in Table V., the most important being Heart Disease (407), Cancer, Malignant Disease (351), (see also Table IV. below), Pneumonia (105), Bronchitis (122), Pulmonary Tuberculosis (110), (see also Table XVII. p. 18), Cerebral Haemorrhage (164), Arterio Sclerosis (129), Acute and Chronic Nephritis (74), Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth (73). CANCER. The Mortality from this disease is referred to in the following Table :— TABLE IV.—Shewing Deaths and Death Rates from Cancer in the Urban and Rural Districts and the Administrative County for years 1911-26, and corresponding Death Rate for England and Wales :— 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 Urban Districts— No. of Deaths Death Rate.... 103 1.23 115 1.34 134 1.54 122 1.40 127 1. 64 133 1. 75 135 1. 79 143 1. 78 146 1. 77 143 1. 66 169 1. 88 159 1. 75 143 1.57 208 2. 24 141 1.49 205 2 .07 Rural Districts— No. of Deaths Death Rate 94 1.01 113 0. 99 129 1.35 113 1. 18 111 1.27 113 1. 36 123 1. 54 117 1.42 124 1. 45 116 1.30 150 1. 58 131 1.37 152 1.57 123 1.26 158 1. 59 146 1 .41 Admin. County— No. of Deaths Death Rate .... 197 1. 11 228 1.09 263 1.44 235 1. 28 238 1. 44 246 1. 55 258 1. 66 260 1. 60 270 1. 61 259 1.48 319 1. 72 290 1.56 295 1. 57 331 1. 73 299 1. 55 351 1 .74 England & Wales— Death Rate 0. 99 1. 02 1. 06 1. 06 1. 12 X 1. 16 x 1. 21 x 1.21 X 1. 14 1. 16 ,21 1.22 1. 26 1.29 — x—The Mortality for the years 1915-1918 relates to civilians only.