[Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council.

  • Staffordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1935
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Credit: [Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths. The number of deaths in the Administrative County amounted to 8,086, the number in the Urban Districts being 6,168 and in the Rural Districts 1,918. In the following table comparative rates for nine quin¬ quennial periods and for the past two years are given, together with corresponding figures for the Country as a whole, and for large and small towns throughout England. Death-Rate per , 1 1,000 OF Pc PULATION. DISTRICTS 5 yrs 1889- 1893 5 yrs 1894- 1898 5 yrs 1899- 1903 5 yrs 1904- 1908 5 yrs 1909- 1913 5 yrs 1914- 1918 5 yrs 1919- 1923 5 yrs 1924- 1928 5 yrs 1929- 1933 1934 1935 f Combined Urban & Rural 18.1 16.9 16.1 14.6 14.1 15.0 12.3 11.4 11.6 10.8 11.1 1) Urban . r I 18.9 17.5 16.6 15.1 14.7 15.5 12.6 11.5 11.8 10.7 11.2 55 [ Rural . 16.8 15.7 15.1 13.4 12.7 13.8 11.6 11.2 11.2 10.9 10.8 England and Wales . 19.1 17.4 16.9 15.3 13.9 15.2 12.5 12.0 12.3 11.8 11.7 Large Towns 21.0 19.0 18.2 15.8 14.3 15.5 12.6 12.0 12.3 11.8 11.8 Smaller Towns 17.6 15.9 15.7 14.9 13.6 14.1 11.5 11.0 11.2 11.3 11.2 In the following table I have shown the chief causes of death for the last ten years, the numbers given for 1935 being 66.8 per cent, of the total deaths : — Table Showing Chief Causes of Death. 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1936 ♦Zymotic Diseases. 337 386 242 376 301 281 311 231 223 303 Influenza 185 532 116 570 131 311 221 424 139 170 Tuberculosis of Res- piratory System . 497 465 423 492 476 497 412 469 438 434 Tuberculosis, other forms 139 156 99 100 104 112 113 87 93 86 Cancer, Malignant Disease 785 803 851 899 912 897 915 896 963 981 Cerebral Haemorrhage 464 465 480 462 431 477 510 460 443 457 Heart Disease 1054 1047 1239 1448 1366 1500 1561 1579 1556 1618 Bronchitis . 544 650 395 622 352 485 369 409 311 377 Pneumonia . 660 865 563 933 588 630 570 607 570 662 Congenital Debility, etc. 496 453 428 420 409 459 443 413 412 415 ♦Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers, Measles, Small-pox, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria and Diarrhoea.