[Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, Worcestershire / County of Worcester County Council.

  • Worcestershire (England). County Council.
Date:
1917
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Credit: [Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, Worcestershire / County of Worcester County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    . Table II. shows the County rates per 1,000 of population from various causes during 1917, and for comparative purposes, the average County rates and the rates for England and Wales. TABLE II. County. Population. Birth-rate Death-rate Infant Mortality. Measles Death-rate. Scarlet Fever Death-rate. Diphtheria Death-rate. Typhoid Fever Death-rate. Diarrhoea & Enteritis Death-rate (c). Phthisis Death-rate. Cancer Death-rate. 1917. (a) 294,393 (b) 264,096 16'4 I4‘2 83 * 0-4 O'OI 0 08 O'OI - I 'O I '2 Average 1907-1916 23-2 13-0 96 O'20 0 05 0'12 0-03 077 °‘95 England and Wales in 1917 33,71 U000 i7-8 14-4 97 0-30 0'02 0-13 0-03 I 2' I not given not given (a) For Birth-rate. (b) For Death-rate. (c) Under two years of age ; the County figures are not included as the ages at • death are not available. County Birth-rate for 1917. 9. This rate was 16-4, compared with 19-6 in 1916. 10. As usual the Birth-rates of Oldbury Urban (21-9) and Halesowen Rural (20-6) Districts are the highest in the County ; but, even so, Dr. Buttery says the former one “ is the lowest ever “ recorded.” 11. The average rate for the County for the years 1907-16 was 23-2. The Birth-rate for England and Wales in 1917 was 17-8. Marriage Rate. 12. The Marriage rate in 1917 was 13-8 per 1,000 of population. Both Birth-rate and Marriage rate in 1917 are the lowest on record. County Death rate for 1917. 13. The County Death-rate for 1917 was 14-2 and the average County rate for the year 1907-16 was 13-0. 14. The Death-rate for England and Wales last year was 14-4. 15. The increased County Death-rate last year seems to have been mainly due to 139 deaths from Whooping Cough and Measles. Notifiable Diseases. 16. Table III. shows the total number of cases, and deaths of Notifiable diseases in each Sanitary District during the year 1917 as given in the Annual Reports.