[Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council.

  • Warwickshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1917
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Credit: [Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, Warwickshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    182. There are 329 Bakehouses, Laundries, Dressmaking and other Workshops on the Register. Three hundred and forty-five inspections of these premises took place. Eighty-two notices were served respecting 98 defects and all but 19 were remedied by December 31. Six new workshops were established during the year. Seven notices were served respecting black smoke emitted from various factory chimneys and these nuisances have been abated. 183. From the Meteorological Table with which the Report closes, it appears that there were 1,241-9 hours of bright sunshine during the year. This gives a daily average of 3-40 hours. The month yielding the most sunshine was June with 226-8 hours, a daily mean of 7-5 hours. 26-77 inches of rain fell, distributed over 188 days. For the last 7 years the average annual rainfall has been 21-94 inches, and the average number of days on which rain has fallen, 178-2. The wettest month of 1917 was August, with 4.23 iuches, which was distributed over 23 days. NUNEATON. Infant Mortality Population Birth-rate. Death-rate. Zym >tic Death-rate. per ! .000 Birth*. 42,004 37,681 (Civilian) 22-80 11.67 0-95 96 184. Dr. A. A. Wood, the Acting Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Nuneaton, is of opinion that the figure of the Registrar-General for the calculation of the Death-rate is under-estimated, in that practically every dwelling house is fully occupied. 185. Eighteen cases of Scarlet Fever were notified but no death occurred. Three of the cases were removed to the Isolation Hospital. 186. There were 23 Diphtheria cases notified of which 4 ended fatally. 187. Smallpox and Typhoid Fever were again entirely absent from the Borough. 188. The total number of Measles and'German Measles notifications was 444 as against 632 in the previous year. Seven deaths were attributable to Measles. 189. The Death-rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis was 0-95 per 1,000, and from all Tubercular Diseases 1-24 per 1,000 population. 190. The number of deaths of children under 1 year of age was 92, giving an Infantile Mortality of 96 per 1,000 Registered Births, as against 78 for 1916, and 116 for 1915. 191. Dr. Wood says :—“ The marked feature of the Infant Mortality is that 42 out of the 92 deaths were of infants under the age of one month. This indicates that there is much to be done in the way of attention to the expectant mother.” 192. He also writes :—“ The Infant Welfare Centre has proved a great success. It was found necessary to open two days a week, and even then the attendance was sometimes greater than could be properly managed. In conducting the Centre I was glad to have the valuable help of Mrs. Perrin (County Health Visitor), and am grateful to the voluntary helpers, who have contributed so much to its success. Mrs. Abbott continues to do excellent work ” 193. Three ashpits have been abolished and 7 privies converted into water-closets. 194. Slaughter Houses, Bakehouses, Milkshops, Dairies, and Cow Sheds have all been visited and defects dealt with. 195. Twenty-two houses were inspected under the Housing Act and most of the defects remedied. Great difficulty has been experienced in getting any kind of work done, owing to the shortage of men in the building and plumbing trades. 196. Attached to the Report is a tabulated Return from Mr. George W. Andrews, the Sanitary Inspector, showing details of the work accomplished by his Department during the year. Population. Birth-rate. ' 25,276 16-61 22,675 (Civilian!) RUGBY. Death-rate. 10-98 Zymotic Death-rate. 0-88 Infant Mortality per ! .000 Births. 52 197. Dr. Gibbons Ward, the Acting Medical Officer of Health, reports that the Public Water Supply has been continually watched by means of Bacteriological examinations. 198. Sewerage and Scavenging have been constantly looked after, while the Inspector has obtained a very large number of improvements in house drainage. 199. The Dairies, Cow Sheds, Bakehouses and Slaughterhouses have been regularly inspected and kept up to a reasonable standard of cleanliness.