[Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Leigh Borough.

  • Leigh (Lancashire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1900
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    To the Chairman and Members of the Town Hall, Leigh, March 23rd, 1901. Health Committee. Gentlemen, I beg to submit to you my annual report on the mortality and sanitary condition of your District for the year ended December 31st, 1900. During the year 861 deaths (males 425, females 436) were registered giving a deathrate and of 22'o’j per 1000 (on the estimated population of 39000) as against J97 for the preceding year. In addition to the above, 29 deaths occurred in the Workhouse and 4 at the Sanatorium belonging to your District, giving a total number of 894 deaths, and a corrected deathrate of 2 2‘g as against 207 for the preceding year. The rate for England and Wales for 1900 being i8-3. The deathrate for the 10 years 1890-1899 averaged 207 per 1000. Measles, Epidemic Influenza and Infantile Diarrhoea account for the increased deathrate. Twenty-seven of the deaths were due to premature birth and 16 were uncertified. The deathrate from the seven principal zymotic diseases was equal to 4^4 per 1000. The number of births registered was 1417 (boys 748, girls 669) giving a birth¬ rate of 367 as aginst 1269 births and a rate of 337 for the previous year. The birthrate for England and Wales being 28'9. The excess of births over deaths for the year being 556. Of the 1417 children born 295 died, being at the rate of 208 per 1000 births as against a rate of 197 per 1000 for the preceding year. The high infantile deathrate was due, 1st to Diarrhoea, 2nd Respiratory Diseases and 3rd Prematurity of Birth. The birth-rate for the ten years 1890-1899 averaged 37^2 per 1000.