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Hampton 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampton]
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10'7 of the estimated population, which is a slight reduction
of the rate of 11.1 recorded in the previous year.
The County Medical Officer of Health mentions in his
last annual report that the factor for age and sex distribution
for this district is 9699, which makes the corrected death
rate 10'3 per thousand.
Particulars respecting the causes of death, together with
the age periods at death, will be found in Table III. attached
to this report.
Below will be found a table showing the distribution of
these death between males and females, and the age periods
at death.
DEATHS OP RESIDENTS, 1914.
| Sex. | At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 45 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 23 |
| Females | 62 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 27 |
| Totals | 107 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 50 |
Of the 107 deaths recorded, nineteen occurred among
infants under one year of age, and fifty-seven among persons
aged 60 years and upwards.
Of these latter 18 were between 60 and 70: 21 between
70 and 80: 16 between 80 and 90, and 2 were 90 years and
over.
There were twelve inquests during the year, nine within
the district and three outside; and the verdicts recorded
were as follows Natural causes, 4; found drowned, 1;
accidents, 5; suicides, 2.