Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick]
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TABLE I.
Vital Statistics of whole District during 1907 and previous years.
Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the District | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
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Number. | Bate.1 | Under 1 Yearof Age | At all Ages. | |||||||||
Number. | Kate per 1000 Births Regist'rd | Number | Rate.* | Number. | Rate * | |||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
1897 | 18200 | 548 | 30.1 | 77 | 140 | 302 | 16.6 | — | — | — | — | — |
1898 | 18460 | 532 | 28.8 | 74 | 139 | 284 | 15.4 | — | — | — | — | — |
1899 | 18730 | 547 | 29.2 | 80 | 146 | 313 | 16.7 | — | — | — | — | — |
1900 | 19000 | 514 | 28.6 | 67 | 123 | 300 | 15.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
1901 | 19310 | 542 | 28.1 | 57 | 105 | 258 | 13.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
1902 | 19700 | 603 | 30.6 | 89 | 147 | 318 | 16.1 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 308 | 15.6 |
1903 | 20000 | 526 | 26.3 | 69 | 131 | 298 | 14.9 | 13 | 12 | — | 286 | 14.3 |
1904 | 20200 | 514 | 25.4 | 69 | 134 | 291 | 14.4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 289 | 14.3 |
1905 | 20400 | 528 | 25.8 | 63 | 119 | 287 | 14.07 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 302 | 14.8 |
1306 | 20800 | 540 | 25.9 | 63 | 117 | 265 | 12.74 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 271 | 13.03 |
Averages for years 1897-1906. | 19490 | 543.4 | 27.8 | 70.8 | 130.1 | 291.6 | 15.0 | - | - | - | - | - |
1907 | 21000 | 513 | 2443 | 57 | 111 | 295 | 1405 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 309 | 14.71 |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 39,983; total Population at all ages, 19,310;
number of Inhabited Houses, 3,910; average Number of Persons per House, 4 91, at Census of 1901. Institutions
within the District receiving Sick and Infirm Persons from outside the District: Isolation Hospital,
Heath Charnock. Institutions outside the District receiving Sick and Infirm Persons from the District:
Rawcliffe Hospital, Chorley; Union Workhouse, Chorley. Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been
distributed among the several localities in the District: Wigan Infirmary, Blackburn Infirmary, Lancaster
County Asylum, and Knutsford Gaol. The Union Workhouse is not within the District.