[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham R.D.C.

  • Chippenham (Wiltshire, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1911
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Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    0^ Uubaa <i)\.stu\,c1; CouacU. Medical Officer of Health’s Annual Report and Tabular Statistics for 1911. (ABBREVIATED). Table 1. BIRTHS and DEATHS. YEAR. Population. Births. Deaths under 1 year old Total Deaths. No. Rate per 1000 of Population No. Rate per 1000 of Births. No. Rate per lOOQ of Population. 1901 5074 122 24-4 9 73-7 66 13-0 1902 it 129 25-4 14 108-5 72 14-1 1903 130 25 6 10 76-9 62 12-2 1904 131 25-8 8 61-0 55 10-8 1905 >y 117 23 05 6 51-2 41 8-08 1906 128 25-22 9 70-3 71 13-99 1907 >1 116 22-86 14 120-6 75 14-75 1908 )y 118 23-25 5 42-3 57 11-23 1909 99 125 24 63 7 560 46 9-06 1910 99 110 21-67 9 81-8 71 13-99 Average of foregoing 122.6 24-16 9-1 74-23 61-6 12-12 1911 5332 104 j 19-5 9 86-5 53 9.93 There were 10 Deaths of Borough persons not registered in the District, and the number of deaths 53 includes 11 cases of death at the Cot' tage Hospital of which 7 did not belong to the Borough, Making the Total Figures attributable to the District 56 10-5 Number of Inhabited Houses in Boroughs—1911 Census . . 1253 Average Number of Persons per House .. . . . . .. 4'25 Table 2, CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING YEAR. No. Sent to Isolation Hospital. Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) . . 2 2 Erysipelas ., 7 • • Scarlet Fever . . . , . . . . . , 1 • • 'i'uberculosis ,. . . .. .. . 3 Totals 13 2 Table 3, CASES OF. AND AGES AT, DEATH. CAUSE Total No. Ages. Under 1 1 to 5 5 to 15 16 to 25 25 to 45 45 to 65 65 and uprds Phthisis (Pulmonory Tuberculosis) 1 1 « • Cancer (2 ot Cottage Hospital) 4 , * 1 1 2 Bronchitis . . 14 1 . . 2 11 Bro ncho-Pneumonia 1 i • ♦ • • •. Pneumonia (2 at Cottage Hospital) 2 * . 1 1 Diarrhoea and Enteritis 1 1 • ♦ • . .. Cirrhosis of Liver .. 1 . . • • • « 1 Nephritis and Bright’s Disease 3 1 2 Accidents 1 1 • • .. All other causes (5 at Cottage Hospital) .. 28 7 i 2 5 13 Total 56 9 1 1 5 10 30 Table 4. INFANTIEE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR. Under 1—2 3—6 6-r-9 1 -week. ■weeks. months. months. months. Enteritis 1 Premature Births, dc. 1 1 1 Meningitis 1 Convulsions 2 1 Bronchitis 1 3 1 1 3 1 Total. 1 a 1 3: 1_ 9 Legitimate Illegitimate Births. 104 nil. Deaths. 9 nil.