MALE INFANT MORTALITY IN 1846
IN LANCASHIRE, CHESHIRE & STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND

The percentage of male infants dying in the first year of life

 

Area Infant Mortality in %
England and Wales as a whole 17.9
1. London 17.2
5. South West Division (lowest) 12.0
8. North West Division (highest) 23.8
   
Lancashire Average 24.2
Manchester 29.4
Ashton 28.6
Salford 27.8
Liverpool 25.7
Blackburn 25.4
Bury 24.7
Bolton 21.0
Todmorden and Haslingden 18.7
Burnley 17.6
Fylde, Garstang & Clitheroe 13.7
Ormskirk 13.1
Ulverstone 10.1
   
Cheshire Average 22.0
Congleton & Northwich 18.2
Stockport 25.7
Great Boughton & Wirral 23.1
Macclesfield 22.1
Altrincham and Runcorn 16.9
   
Staffordshire Average 20.8
Stoke-on-Trent and Wolstanton 25.7
Wolverhampton 23.8
Walsall 21.8
West Bromwich 20.4
Newcastle-under-Lyme 20.7
Stafford 19.7
Stone 16.2
Penkridge 15.1
Tamworth, Lichfield and Burton-on-Trent 15.0
Uttoxeter, Cheadle & Leek 13.4

 

The North West Division comprised only Lancashire and Cheshire. Staffordshire was in the West Midlands Division

Source:

The Annual Report of the Registrar General

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