[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Bilston U.D.C.

  • Bilston (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1896
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Credit: [Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Bilston U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of closet-seats for children who use the yard and the approaches to the closets, and give rise to many nuisances, VITAL STATISTICS Births.—During the year 867 children, 459 males and 408 females were born, being a decrease of 90 on the previous year, and giving a birth-rate of 37-02 per thousand The following gives the number of births, distinguishing the sex, in each quarter of the last three years. 1896 1895 1894 Males Fema es Total Males Fema les Ttal Males Females Total 1st Quarter ICO 86 186 128 146 274 102 107 209 2nd Quarter .. 124 112 236 112 111 223 133 127 260 3rd Quarter .. Ill 104 215 125 104 229 121 107 228 4th Quarter 124 106 230 120 111 231 118 104 222 459 408 867 485 472 957 474 445 919 Table shewing the number of births from 1886 to 1896. Year Males Females Total 188G 481 455 936 1887 420 418 838 1888 449 428 877 1880 437 458 895 1890 434 461 895 1891 469 481 950 1892 484 439 923 1893 466 449 915 1894 474 445 919 1895 485 472 957 Yearly average 1886-95 459-9 450-6 910'5 1896 459 408 867 1 or corapatison it will be useful to give the average birth-rate of the County of Stafford, and of the Urban and Rural Districts respective y, for the seven years 1889-95 and the corresponding rates for England and Wales and the large towns in England, as ^k?”. t,ie Agister-Generals returns, and quoted bv Dr. Reid in his annual report on the County. Birth-rate per 1,000 of Population Districts 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 'S o } Combined Urban h Rural 0* > Urban 33-5 32-7 35-7 35-5 35-7 34-3 35-1 ss a 1 u 1 uau 35 2 34-5 87-S' 36-3 36-6 35-4 36-2 29 5 286 31-6 32-2 333 • 316 32.0 England and Wales... 31 -1 30-2 31*4 30-5 30 S 29-6 — 30-3 Large towns in England 30-9 30-4 32-5 21-8 31-8 306 312 Bilston . . 38C8 38-08 40-4 39 2 38-9 39-1 40-7