[Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Weston-super-Mare U.D.C.

  • Weston-super-Mare (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1895
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Credit: [Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Weston-super-Mare U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and give a death-rate of 0*56 per 1,000 of the population (census 1891) or 0*46 per 1,000 of the estimated present population. To show the localities in which the deaths occurred I have divided the town into the four Ecclesiastical and Moorland Road districts, viz. :— 1895 District. Population. Deaths. Rate per 1,000. Trinity. 1272 ... 30 ... 23*5 St. John’s. 4285 ••• 60 ... 14 Emmanuel ... 4321 77 ... 17*8 ChristChurch 5651 ... 102 ... 18*1 Moorland Road 340 ... 13 .. 38*2 15869 282 The list of deaths includes 22 visitors, 21 in the General Hospital, 5 in the Royal Sanatorium, and 19 requiring the Coroner’s inquisition, as against 17, 20, 2, and 8 respectively in 1894. The following table shows the number of deaths from all causes, and those from the seven principal zymotic diseases for the past ten years :— Deaths from all causes. 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894. 189 5 230 266 198 246 282 257 262 253 206 282 Deaths from the Seven principal Zymotic Diseases. 14 40 17 15 22 5 33 11 15 9 During the year 29 notifications of infectious diseases were received, as against 54 for 1894, of which 10 were of scarlatina, 4 of diphtheria, 9 of enteric fever, and 6 of erysipelas. Small Pox.—No case occurred in the district. /