[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans Urban Sanitary District.

  • St. Albans (England). Urban Sanitary District.
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans Urban Sanitary District. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    November an old woman of 78 died of “ exhaustion consequent upon a fracture of the tibia accidentally received.” There were twelve Inquests during the year: Two in February, on an infant of 7 months, who died of “ Broncho-pneumonia,” and on a man aged 53, who died of “Heart Disease ” ; one in March, on an old man of G7, who died of “ Bright’s Disease; one in April, on a young man of 28, who died of “ Nepliitis ” ; one in Octo¬ ber, on a man aged 88, who died of “ Heart Disease”; one in December, on a woman of 50, who died of “ Chronic Alcoholism ” ; and the other six on the cases of death from Accident or Violence mentioned above. There was one uncertified death; that of a female infant one hour old, who is stated to have died of “ Inanition.” The death rates in the different divisions of the City were as follows : Abbey District St. Peter’s District St, Michael’s District Sandridge District 11.3 12.0 17.1 14.7 per thousand During the past year there have been 374 births, 185 of males and 189 of females. Of these births, 12 were illegitimate, and the propor¬ tion of illegitimate to legitimate births was therefore 82 as against 31.6 in 1903. There were 84 births in the Abbey District, 197 in St. Peter’s, 65 in St. Michael’s, 23 in Sandridge, 4 in the Union Workhouse, and 1 in the Prison. The birth rate for the year was 21.4. In 1903 and 1902 the birth rates were respectively 22.3 and 21.4. The birth rates in the different divisions of the City were as follows : Abbey District St. Peter’s District St, Michael’s District Sandridge District 18.4 21.9 22.8 22.5 per thousand fj 5J The rate of mortality amongst children under 1 year of age per thousand registered births was 104.3, much higher than in 1903, when it was 71.2. But it is still well under the average for Rural England and Wales, which in 1904 was 125 per thousand.