[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington R.D.C.

  • Darlington (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1910
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Credit: [Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BIRTHS. During the year 274 births (143 males and 131 females) have been registered in your District, as against 269 (129 males and 140 females) in 1909. This represents an annual birth-rate of 28*5 per thousand persons, as compared with 28*0 per thousand persons in 1909. The birth-rate for the past year shows an increase to the preceding year, and above the average for the decade 1900—1910, so that the birth-rate cannot be regarded as showing an)^ tendency towards diminution. DEATHS. There were 134 deaths registered as occurring within your District in 1910, and 16 deaths, although belonging to your District, died in Institutions without your District. Of the 134 deaths occur- ring within your District, 73 were males and 61 females, and of the 16 deaths occurring without your District, 8 were males and 8 females. The annual death-rate is therefore 13*9 per thousand persons, as compared with 13*1 per thousand persons in 1909. The death-rate shews a slight increase, which is hardly appreciable and it still continues to be below the average for the decade 1900—1910. The following table shows the deaths occurring in Institutions O without your District:— The Darlington Hospital County Lunatic Asylum, Sedgefield Union Workhouse, Darlington Borough Hospital, Darlington Workhouse Infirmary, Darlington Nursing Home, Langholm Crescent, Darlington The Pleasaunce (Asylum), York 2 2 3 2 4 2 1 Total ... 16 INFANT MORTALITY. 30 deaths occurred under the age of one year, as against 28 in 1909, showing a slight increase, which may be accounted for by the increased number of deaths due to “ Convulsions,” which, on enquiry, were all found to be sudden deaths, and following the partaking of a hearty meal of indigestible food, unfit for infants. The above figures give an annual death-rate of 3*1 per 1,000 persons, or a mortality of 109*4 per 1,000 births registered. The proportion of infantile to all other deaths remains about the same, and the same influences which have been operative in increasing the general death-rate, have had a similar effect on the infant mortality.