[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough.

  • Portsmouth (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    population is solely due to an increase of 8,512 amongst the naval and military population. The total number of births registered in the Borough was 5,314 ; this gives a birth-rate of 21.06 per 1,000 popula¬ tion, and with the exception of 1917, when the birth-rate was 20.71, is the lowest ever recorded in the Borough. Seeing that there was a reduction in the number of births, it is satisfactory to note that there were fewer deaths in infants under one year of age, in proportion to the number born, the infant mortality rate being only 52 deaths per 1000 births. The total number of deaths registered was 2,524 ; this gives a death-rate of 10.93 per 1000 population, against 12.14 per 1000 last year, and is the lowest death-rate ever recorded in the Borough. The average death-rate for the past 10 3^ears was 13.38. No fewer than 290 deaths were attributable to cancer, i.e., nearly one death out of every 9 ; the deaths from pulmonar}^ tuberculosis again showed a slight decrease, numbering only 191 as against 207 in the previous year, and is the lowest death-rate from this disease ever recorded in the Borough. Under one year of age there were onl^^ 276 deaths, and under 5 years of age only 433, both of which figures are lower than have before been recorded in any one year in the Borough.