[Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Loughborough R.D.C.

  • Loughborough (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1906
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Credit: [Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Loughborough R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LOUGHBOROUGH RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL ATRIAL REPORT of the TUPICAL OPFICER of HEALTH for the year ending 51st December 1906. Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you ray Annual Report on the health of your District during the year 1906. Area in Statute Acres 20,344 Population (l90l) 4,387- Humber of Inhabited Houses 1,036 Average number of persons per house 4.2 BIRTHS. The total number of Births ‘registered is 102, which is 11 less than last year, and 2 below the average of the last 10 years, and is an annual birth-rate of 23.2 per thousand of the population* MORTALITY.. The total number of Deaths ro istered as occuring in the District is 56. To this must be added 7 deaths of residents which secured in Public Institutions outside the District, and one death of a non-resident which secured at the Isolation Hospital within the district must be subtracted; in this manner we arrive at the corrected Mortality which is 62., being 12 less than last year, and 6 below the average of the last 10 years, and is an annual mortality of 14.1 per thousand. IHPAITT MORTALITY. The total number of deaths of Infants under one year is C, which is 7 less than last year, and 4 below the average of the last 10 years, and is equal to a Infant mortality of 78 per thousand births registered. This diminished Infant and general mortality is very gratifying. ZYKOTIC MORTALITY. The total number of deaths from Zymotic disease is 4; one from Enteric Pever at Belton, and three from diarrhoea; one at Hat hern, cne at Long /hat ton, and one at Wymesvo'ld. This is o Zymotic Deaths less than last year, and one 'below -the average of the last 10 years, and is a Zymotic death-rate of 0.9 per thousand, which is very satisfactory. INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOTIP LED. -j- The total number of cases of Infectious Diseases notified is 12, which is 12 less than last year, and 15 below the average of the last 10 years. The cases were as follows:- Erysipelas 4 Scarlet Pever 3 Enteric Pever 5 ERYSIPELAS. Pour cases of this disease were notified, one at Hathern, 2 at Y/ymeswold, and one at Manpanton. Neither cf any significance from a sanitary point of view. die cases were ci