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Teddington 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Teddington]
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In my report for 1909 I drew attention to what
I considered a very low mortality rate, excluding
accidents and suicides, amongst persons between
the ages of 5 and 65 years, which spoke well for
the health of the Thames Valley. The figures for
1910 for the same age period are exactly the same
as they were for 1909, viz.—74, which gives a rate
4 per 1000 of the estimated population. The decrease
in the death rate for the year is amongst
persons at the two extremes of life, as will be seen
by referring to the following tables, and also to
Table IV page 30.
Tables shewing the number of deaths of persons of 70 years of age and upwards.
1909.
| 70 & under 75 | 75 & under 80 | 80 & under 85 | 85 & under 90 | 90 & under 95 | 95 & und'r 100 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Fmls. | Males | Fmls. | Males | Finis. | Males | Fmls. | jMales | Fmls. | Males | Fmls. |
| 22 | 35 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | 37 | 18 | 6 | 2 | |||||||
1910.
| 70 & under 75 | 75 & under 80 | 80 & under 85 | 85 & under 90 | 90 & under 95 | 95 & und'r 100 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Fmls. | Males | Fmls. | Males | Fmls | Males | Fmls. | Males | Fmls. | Males | Fmls. |
| 7 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | ||||||
In looking over the returns for the past ten
years I find that in no instance did the rate for
the year reach 6 per 1000 of the estimated
population, and the average for the ten years is
4.6, whilst the average for the last four years is 4.