[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, East Stow R.D.C.

  • East Stow (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, East Stow R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Birth Rate, 23.4 per 1000. Death Rate, 14.1 per 1000. Infant Mor- tality, 144 per 1000 Births. Zymotic Death Rate. 0.3 por 1000. Other Deaths. RURAL DISTRICT OF EAST STOW. REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1905. To Wie ^£\\alrmau and TC^nibev^ o$ \\\e East Stow Rural District Council 12th January, 1906. Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour of presenting to you my Ninth Annual Report on the Health of the East Stow Rural District, for the year 1905. Vita.1 Statistics. I have estimated the population of this District to the middle of the year 1905 as 5875, and based the following Statistics on that number. The number of Births registered was 138 (70 boys and 68 girls); which gives a Birth Rate of 23.4 per 1000, compared with 27.1 last year, and an average of 27.4 for the previous nine years. The Birth Rate for the Thedwastre District was 26.7 per 1000. There were 90 Deaths registered during the year, viz.: 38 males and 52 females. Thirteen of these Deaths occurred in the Workhouse and of these one was of a person belong- ing to Stowmarket, and six of persons coming from the Thedwastre District ^deducting these seven from outside Districts,, we get the corrected number for East Stow «L83, which gives a Death Rate of 14.1 per 1000 ; compared with 12.0 per 1000 last year, and an average of 14.3 for the previous seven years. The Death Rato for the Thedwastre District was 16.0 per 1000. Of the total number of Deaths, 20 were of infants under 1 year, giving an Infant Mortality of 144 per 1000 Births; compared with 112 last year, and an average of 110 for the previous nine years. Details of these deaths are given in Table V. The Infant Mortality for the Thedwastre District was 96.6 per 1000 Births. There were two Deaths from the 7 principal Zymotic Diseases, both from Diphtheria. This gives a Zymotic Death Rate of 0.3 per 1000 ; compared with 0.6 per 1000 last year. The Zymotic Death Rate for the Thedwastre District was also 0.3 per 1000. Amongst the other Deaths occurring during the year (See Table IY); there were 2 from Phthisis, compared with 5 last year; 7 from Cancer, compared with 5 last year; 6 from Diseases of the Respiratory organs, compared with 18 last year; 8 from Heart Disease, compared with 6 last year; and 20 from old age, compared with 8 last year. The most noticable feature of this year are the great decrease of the Birth Rate, and the rise in the Death Rate, the latter due chiefly to the large number of infants and very old people who died during this year.