[Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough.

Portsmouth (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1915

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Credit: [Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Summary for 1915. * Civil Population (estimated on National Register to middle of 1915) 202,441 * Total Population (estimated as usual on Census Returns to middle of 1915) . . . . . . . . . . 251,825 1914 Civil Total Total Population Population Population (202,441) (251,825) (245,827) Rate Rate Rrte N umber per 1000 N umber per 1000 N umber ter 1000 1 iving living living Births . . 4975 24.5 4975 19.7 5714 23.2 Deaths .. 3284 16.2 3365 13.3 3194 12.85 ,, Principal Zymotic Diseases . . 314 1.55 321 1.27 273 1.11 ,, Small-pox — —• — — — — ,, Measles 123 0.60 125 0.49 39 0.15 ,, Scarlet Fever 17 0.08 20 0.07 5 0.02 ,, Diphtheria 68 0.33 68 0.27 79 0.32 ,, Whooping Cough 36 0.17 36 0.14 50 0.20 ,, Fever . . 18 0.08 20 0.07 29 0.12 ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 52 0.25 52 0.20 71 0.29 ,, Pulm’y Tuberculosis. . 233 1.15 237 0.94 249 1.01 ,, Cancer 238 1.18 239 0.94 197 0.80 ,, Violence 113 0.55 135 0.53 135 0.54 1 Infantile Inf a Mile Mortality M ortality ,, Under 1 year, per Rate Rate 1000 births 433 87.0 455 84.8 Deaths, 65 years and upwards 1016 ,, Inquest Cases . . 315 ,, In Public Institutions 812 ,, from uncertified cause 20 Percentage to total deaths . . ) ) ) > )) ) > ) ) )) ) > >) ) y • • 30.9 9.59 24.72 0.60 Death-rate for previous Ten }^ears (1905-1914) ,. 1915 Mean Temperature . . .. 51.1° F. Total Rainfall in Inches .. 37.41 ,, ,, ,, Millimetres .. 950.2 13.8 1914 52.2° F. 33.13 841.5 * See Remarks on Statistics, p. 9-11.