[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough.

Portsmouth (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1903

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Credit: [Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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First Quarter, ending April 4th Second ,, ,, July 4th Third ,, ,, October 3rd Fourth ,, ,, January 4th 1,332 births. 1,388 1,332 1,379 )) Marriages.—1,882 Marriages took place during the year, being an increase of 110 on the previous year and giving a marriage rate of 19*37. Deaths.—-The Deaths registered numbered only 2,867, giving a death rate of 14*75 per 1000. This death rate is lower than any death rate recorded in Portsmouth, going back to the year 1860. The next lowest death rate occurred in 1894, when it was 15*44. There has during the last 50 years been a steady decline in the death rate, taking the decades from 1850 we find that— In the ten years 1851-1860 the death rate was 22*8 per 1000 „ 1861-1870 „ 1871-1880 „ 1881-1890 „ 1891-1900 three yrs. 1901-1903 n )•> 21 *2 19*9 18*9 17*5 16*5 j) )) i) n >> One great factor in the low death rate is the small number of deaths from Diarrhaea. These only amounted to 115, or nearly 100 below the average for the last ten years. Deaths were registered in the four quarters of the year as follows : First Quarter 711 deaths, equal to rate of 14*64 per 1000 Second ,, 650 ,, ,, ,, 13*44 ,, Third „ 688 „ „ „ 14*16 Fourth ,, 815 ,, ,, ,, 16*77 ,, The corrected death rate of 15*13 per 1000 places Portsmouth twelfth in the list of the 37 great towns of England and Wales. The lowest death rate is that of Leyton, 11*12, and the highest that of Manchester, 22*03 per 1000.