[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Tipton U.D.C.

  • Tipton (England : Parish). Urban District Council.
Date:
1903
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Credit: [Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Tipton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The arrangements for a Small Pox hospital for this division of the county to which I referred in my last Annual Report, are being carried out, and are so far completed that I am empowered to send away at once to the hospital of a neighbouring town any case of Small Pox that may break out in this district. On the receipt of a telephone or a telegraphic message, an ambulance properly equipped will be despatched, and as far as we are concerned the immediate care of the patient will be arranged for. We feel only too thankful that we have a place out of the parish to which we can send such very infectious cases. We have not sufficient ground space for the requirements of the Hospital Isolation Act. The following tables are required by the Local Govern¬ ment Board, and are useful as comparing the statistical records of the past year with the previous 10 years. BIRTHS AND BIRTH RATES. Number of Girls born during the year ... 563 ,, Boys ,, ,, ... 574 Total 1137 Birth rate per 1000 population ... ... 36*3 Birth rate per 1000 population, compared with 10 previous years :— No. of Births. Birth Rate. 1893 1141 38-92 1894 1095 37-35 1895 1127 38-44 1896 1174 40-04 1897 1062 35-63 1898 1085 35 01 1899 1200 39-34 1900 1081 34-87 1901 1155 37-72 1902 1122 36 01 Average number of births for 10 years 1124 Average birth rate 36-38 Birth rate, 1903 • • • 36-38 England and Wales, general 28-4 5 5 5 5 rural 27-3 76 great towns • • . 29-7 103 small towns ... 27-4 Tipton ... 36-3 The above record shews that despite the increase in our population the increase in our birth rate is not “ pari passu.” This is a fact much to be deplored, but it is the usual record for most of the towns in England. Tipton, with its healthy working class population, most of whom are in vigorous health, should have a birth rate of at least 45 per 1000.