[Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, Worcestershire / County of Worcester County Council.

  • Worcestershire (England). County Council.
Date:
1902
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Credit: [Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, Worcestershire / County of Worcester County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I should here explain that the Countv Death-rate for 1902 is calculated upon 5,178 deaths; which are the “ Total Deaths” registered in the Administrative County, inclusive of the 103 which which occurred in the County Asylum, among persons belonging to the Administrative County, after deducting 9 of the 112 deaths which occurred in that Institution among persons usually resident in the City of Worcester. On the other hand, Death-rates calculated on the a Total Deaths ” registered in particular Districts would not be reliable ; otherwise in those localities where there are large Public Institutions into which people from outside such Districts are received, the rate would be unfairly high. To prevent such an anomaly the Local Government Board have specially issued Table IV., which has reference to a Nett Death- rates,” i.e.y Death-rates which are arrived at by excluding deaths of Non-residents, and deluding deaths of persons properly belonging to the Districts, but who died in Public Institutions loutside. Jn my future allusions to District Death-rates I shall, as far as possible, deal with “ Nett Deaths.” Table XV. should give details of the Deaths which collectively form these u Nett Death-rates,” but it does not do so in every instance, as the Medical Officers whose Districts are marked with an asterisk give details of w Total Deaths,” not a Nett Deaths.” As a similar state of things occurred in 1901, I called particularly attention to the cc Notes attached to Tables I. and IV., issued bv a the Local Government Board, in my Annual Report for last year “ (P. 50R).” The annexed Diagram and Table XV. show that the Death- rates for 1902 of the following Districts exceeded the corresponding one of the Administrative County (14*1), viz. : Districts. Per 1,000 1902. oopulation. Average for years 1892-1901. Bewdley Borough - 18-1 167 Evesham Borough - H’5 15-5 Kidderminster Borough - 16-6 17-8 Lye and Wollescote Urban District - 147 I7-5 Oldbury Urban District - 167 207 Stourbridge Urban District 147 16-3 Bromsgrove Rural District 14-4 12-4 Droitwich Rural District - 14-4 12-0 Martley Rural District - 14-4 I4'3 Pershore Rural District - 14-8 I5'9 Rock Rural District - 15*3 i3‘5 Shipston-on-Stour Rural District 176 18-1 Stow-on-Wold Rural District - 17-1 11-9 Tewkesbury Rural District 17-4 i6‘2 Winchcombe Rural District 25'8 H'3