[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough.

  • Blackpool (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    l.-VITAL STATISTICS. A.—Summary. Area of Borough (exclusive of foreshore) 3i495 acres Population (Census April 6th, 1891) 23,846 persons Persons per House as per Census 4-84 1897. 1898. Rateable Value (General District Rate) ^307,370 Do. (Borough Rate) /29o,38i /315,776 No. of Dwelling-Houses on Rate Book 8,665 9.673 Do. do do, empty... 369 317 Population of Residents estimated at middle of year from No. of inhabited houses 40,234 45-414 Density of Population (persons per acre) ii'5i ^^'99 Birth-rate (per 1,000 inhabitants) 26-25 27-74 Death-rate (gross) Do. 18-54 1699 Infant Mortality (per 1,000 births) iQi’S i77'7 Zymotic-rate (per 1,000 inhabitants) 2-78 2-99 Death-rate (corrected for Visitors) 15-26 13-85 Do. (corrected for age and sex distribu- tion ; factor 1-129) 17-23 15-63 Infant Mortality (corrected for Visitors) 168-5 163-5 Zymotic-rate (corrected for Visitors) ...-. 2-36 2-49 B.—Population. The population has been estimated, as in former years, by multiplying the number of inhabited houses in each of the six wards of the town by the average number of persons per house for each ward, as given by the last census. This gives the population for each ward, and their sum is the population of the town.