The rate of mortality in Manchester, and other manufacturing towns, compared with that of cathedral and county towns / by James Whitehead.

  • James Whitehead
Date:
1864
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Credit: The rate of mortality in Manchester, and other manufacturing towns, compared with that of cathedral and county towns / by James Whitehead. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Doaths from Typhus. 26. Stafford Population in 1861. .. 24,474 Total in 5 years. 76 Proportion to Population, per yr. 1 to 4,610 Proportion to Births, per yr. 1 to 47 27. Worcester .... .. 30,969 109 1 „ L420 1 „ 40 28. Warwick .. 44,047 124 1 „ 1,776 1 „ 49 29. Leicester .... .. 08,190 372 1 „ 916 1 „ 32 30. Oakham .. 11,112 36 1 CO 1 „ 48 31. Lincoln .. 47,063 258 1 3, 912 1 „ 29 32. Nottingham . .. 75,765 357 1 „ 1,061 1 „ 33 33. Derby .. 51,049 216 1 „ 1,182 1 „ 41 34. Chester .. 58,501 277 1 „ 1,056 1 „ 30 35. Lancaster .. 35,297 140 1 „ 1,260 1 „ 42 36. York .. 59,968 210 1 CO o* r-H 1 „ 45 37. Durham .. 70,274 399 1 „ 881 ] „ 32 38. Newcastle .... .. 110,968 545 1 „ 1,018 1 „ 32 39. Carlislo .. 44,820 145 1 „ 1,890 1 „ 51 40. Appleby .. 15,411 32 1 „ 2,408 1 „ 63 With reference to the information furnished by the preceding tables respectively, it is noteworthy that the aggregate results are very nearly alike, but the general issue is in favour of the manufac- turing group—notwithstanding the telling effect which the numbers for Salisbury, Bodmin, and Appleby, each with a small and sparse population, exercise in favour of the second group as regards the death-rate per population. But the death-rate per births is still more largely in favour of the manufacturing Unions. Thus: Deaths from Typhus. Population in 1801. Total in 5 years. Proportion to Proportion to Population, per yr. Births, peryr. 22 Manufacturing| g 7^3 |go Unions J 11,947 1 to 1,148 1 to 44 40 County nncli 1450 M< Cathedral do... 6,402 1 „ 1,140 1 „ 38 A. IRELAND AND CO., PRINTERS, PALL MALL COURT, MANCHESTER.