The Blackpool Herald. — 1888-03-23 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

TABLES OF MORTALITY.  Dr. Winn next gives some particulars as to the I mortality in the district, and we have no doubt the following extracts from his report will be of interest to our readers : During the year the births of 326 children were registered in your district, 164 males, and 162 females. Of these births 189 were registered in the Kirkham, eight in the Lytham, and 129 in the Poulton-leFylde sub-districts. The birth-rates 1 for the above districts being respectiv. ly 3017, 251, and 28 1. of the above-named distric:s. Of the births 19 equal to 51 per cent. of the total were illegitimate. From all causes there were registered during the year 168 deaths in your district, being a death-rate of 15.1 of the estimated population; 101 took place in  the Kirkham, four in the Lytham, and 63 in t'n. Poulton-le-Fylde sub-registration districts, giving death-rates of 161, 157, and 137. When compared with last year, the death-rate is lower in the Kirkham and Poulton-le-Fylde sub districts and slightly . .  higheriin the Lytriam sub-district. The zymotic deaths numbered 13, one in excess of the year 1886 ; six were registered in the Kirkham, and seven in the Poulton le-Fylde sub-districts; no death from any of the zymotic diseases in the Lytham sub-district. When compared with last year, the zymotic mortality is higher in the Poulton-le-Fylde, and lower in the Kirkham sub-district. Of the seven deaths in the Poult in-le-Fylde district, 4 were registered as due to measles, 1 to whooping cough, and 2to diphtheria. The six deaths in the Kirkhkm subdistrict were registered as due :-3 to scarlet fever, 1 to measles, 1 to typhoid fever, and 1 to diarrhcea. The zymotic death-rate for the whole district is 11 per 1,000, as against 1-0 per 1,000 for the year 1886.  Other diseases —lB were registered as being due to pneumonia • 16 to phthisis : diseases of the heart, 16 • diseases of the brain, 1; membranes, 9 ; diseases of at-mach, intestines, liver &c., 17 ; bronchitis, 12 ; cancer. 4 ; inquest cases, 4 ; old age, 15 ; convultions„ 7; debility from birth, 7 ; premature birth, 4. Twenty-seven of the total number of deaths weie of children under one year of age • this compares favourably not only with the infant mortality of 1886 in your district, but also with the ttegistrar General's return. The infant mortality as measured by the proportion of deaths, under one year, to registered births, was equal to 828 per 1030. The Registrar General's return is estimated as 14L per 1,000, for the seven years, 1881 to 1887. The infant mortality for the township of Wesham is slightly under that of the Registrar General, for the year 1887. For the year 1886, the infant mortality, taken on a similar basis, was equal to 111.4 per 1,000, a reduction of 25 per cent, in tavour of the year 1887. Of deaths at various groups of ages, 21 were persons aged one year and under 5, 13 between the ages of 5 aud 15, 10 between the ages of 15 and 25, 38 between the ages of 25 and 60, and 59 were registered of persons 60 and upwards, 10 being over 80, and 13 over 70. Of the 27 deaths under 1 year, seven were due to debility from birth, four premature birth, seven teething and convulsions, three bronchitis, one scarlet fever, one whooping cough, one pneumonia, one enteritis. Tee infant mortality is greatest in the townships of Medlar-with-Wesham, Freckleton, and Marton, numbering 12 of the 27 deaths under one year. Of the four inquest cases, two were due to accidental drowning, one to suicide, and one, apparently a seaman, found drowned in the sea at Cleveleys. Of the 27 deaths under one year, 16 were registered during the months of April May, June, July. August, and September; and 11 during the months of October, November, Decemher, January, and February; thus proving the theory of Dr. Smith : " That in man, in common with so many amimals, his offspring when born in the cold season,has a higher probability of life than when born in the hot season. P.S.—Since making ant the tables, I have received a list of three deaths as having occurred in the workhouse. their respective ages being 76, 81, and 86, all ascribed to old age, and belonging to the Kirkham sub-district. Adding the three above named deaths, the mortality for the Kirkham sub-district will be 167. This addition will make no difference in the death rate for the whole d strict, inasmuch as three cases came into the Poulton-le-Fylde sub-district during Lthe year 1887 with their fatal illness upon them.  A number of tables follow on the various phases of disease, from which we gather that the birth rate for 1887 was 29 3, a alight advance on last year; and the death rate was 151, being the lowest on record notwithstanding the increased population. The population for the year 1887 for each township with the death rate per thousand, is given as follows ;Bryning with Kellamergh,lll4, 0; Clifton with Sal. wick, 418, 11'9; Little Eccleston with Larbreck, 197, 507; Elswick, 242, 123; Freckleton, 1134, 224; Greenhalgh with Thistleton, 380, 239; Medlar with Wesham, 1034. 203; Newton with Scala, 267, 37 ; Itibhy with Wres, 392, 178; Treales, Wharles, awl Riseacre, 560, 89; Warton, 408, 22 0; Weetou with Freese, 425, 21'17; Westby with Flumpton, 534, 168; Poulton-le-Fylde, 1225, 17'l; Bisnham with Norbreck, 430. 183; Carleton, 377, 2 6; Hardhorn with Newton, 420, 142; Great Marton and part of little, 714, 11 2 ; Singleton, 357, 8 4 ; Thornton, 856, 186; Part of Little Marton, 316, 122. In Bryning-with-Kellamergh there was no death during 1887, while as will be noticed from the above table, the rate in some of the other towships was exceedingly low, notably in Little Eccleston, New tonwith-Sc ales, and Carleton. The increased mortality at Freckleton is due to the deaths of a large number of aged people. No lees than seven being over 70, two 69, and one 68. The rainfall during 1887 was as follows :-January 254 inches. February 222, March 232, April 128, May 167, June 075, July 125, August 235. September 4 21, October 323, November 222, December 253, total 2377. As compared with 1886, the rainfall is 17 68 inches lese In wily two months of the year 1887, did the rainfall exceed that of 1886, viz , February and August