[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Yeovil U.D.C. / Borough.

  • Yeovil (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Yeovil U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE Coluii Coiiiidl of tlw ‘§oroiiglj Februanj 18th, 1890. Gentlemen, I beg to j,>reseiit iny Aiiiiutil lte})ort of the health and sanitary condition of \our Borough for the year ending December 31st, 181)S. xVrea, 700 acres ; Population, 9,04(8 (Census, 1(S91) ; Inhabited Houses (Census. l<S9l), 1907 ; the last mentioned have much increased during the last two or three years ; Geology, upper and middle lias, Yeovil sands ; Occupation, chieliy Glove Making, also Foundries, Breweries, and Tallow Melting. General Vita! Statistics. The calculation of the Death and Birth Kate has been made on the Census of 1891. During the year ‘200 Births were registered within the Borough, the same as in 1897. The Birth Kate for 1898 is 20'9J per 1,000, as it was in 1897. births were illegitimate, as com})ared with twenty in 1897. num])er Fifteen During the year l‘2o deaths occurred, as compared with lo9 in 1897, a decrease of sixteen. This gives a Death Kate of 12‘74 per 1,000 population, including 10 at ages from 75 to 85, and 6 at the age of 85 and upwards. It may be noted that the Death Kate is lower whereas the Kirth Kate is unchanged. Respiratory Diseases, including Phthisis. The mortality here has not reached (piite so high at the rate of 2'10 per 1,000, as against •2’20 in 1897. the same number as in 1897. a percentage as last year, being Phthisis has caused 8 deaths. Illegitimate Birth Rate. This is slightly lower, being at the rate of [)er 1,000 population, 1*55, as compared •with ‘2T0 last year. Small Pox. The town, so far as I know, has been perfectly free frt)m this disease during the year,