Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1914
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Deaths at other age periods.
Table X. gives the number of deaths and the deathrates
at certain other age periods.
TABLE X.
Age Period. | Number of Deaths. | Percentage Total Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of population living at age period. |
---|---|---|---|
1 and under 2 years | 95 | 4.5 | 27.2 |
2 „ 5 | 79 | 8.7 | 7.3 |
5 „ 15 „ | 81 | 3.8 | 2.6 |
15 „ 25 „ | 77 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
25 „ 45 „ | 277 | 13.0 | 5.5 |
45 „ 65 „ | 516 | 24.2 | 21.0 |
Over 65 „ | 538 | 25.3 | 86.7 |
Deaths from Epidemic Diseases.
To the seven principal epidemic diseases 254 deaths
were ascribed, representing a death-rate of 1.62 per
1,000 which is 0.44 per 1,000 below the average rate of
the preceding ten years.
The following table gives the number of deaths in
the borough from the principal epidemic diseases in
1914 and in the preceding ten years, together with the
death-rates:—