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"NOTTING-DALE" SPECIAL AREA.
VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS, 1899.
(The corresponding statistics for the previous three years are added
by way of comparison).
1899 1898 1897 1896
POPULATION (Estimated) 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,740
Births 120 117 130 118
Birth-rate 30.0 29.3 32.5 31.6 per 1,000 persons living
Deaths 236 182 223 187
Death-rate 59.0 45.5 55.7 50.0 per 1,000 persons living
INFANTILE MORTALITY
Deaths under one year of age 61 49 56 51
Death-rate 508 419 431 432 per 1,000 births registered
ZYMOTIC DISEASES
Deaths from the Seven
Principal 12 22 25 30
Death-rate from ditto 3.0 5.5 6.3 8.0 per 1,000 persons living
Causes of Death.— In 5 cases, diarrhœa (irrespective of 7
from gastro-enteritis); in 3 cases, measles; in 2 cases, diphtheria;
and in one case each, scarlet fever, and whoopingcough.
The death-rate per 1,000 persons living, in thirteen
successive four-weekly periods, was :—
(1) 39.0 (2) 45.5 (3) 65.0 (4) 84.5 (5) 55.2 (6) 26.0 (7) 58.5
(8) 65.0 (9) 61.7 (10) 45.5 (11) 58.5 (12) 61.7 (13) 100.7.
Ninety-four of the deaths occurred at the homes of the
deceased persons, 129 at the Parish Infirmary (the total deaths
at this institution being 605), and 13 at other public institutions:
57 of the deaths were of persons who had previously
resided at common loding-houses in the area: only one death
took place at a common lodging-house.
The deaths comprised 127 of males, and 109 of females.