[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Woking U.D.C.

  • Woking (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Woking U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    against 30), Deaths from Violence (11 against 6), but fewer deaths from Bronchitis and Pneumonia (18 against 30), Ulcer of Stomach (2 against 7), and Congenital Debility (3 against 11). The following figures are given in tabular form for convenience of comparison :— 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 Wok’g Birth Rate i8’o i9'3 i7'7 17'i 161 21C7 ig'o 16 8 i4‘5 146 15 5 Eng.&Wales ditto 2i’9 2i’6 iy8 17-7 18.5 25’4 22 4 2o-6 i9'7 i8’8 183 Wok’g Death Rate 114 i2-6 i2'o i2’2 97 79 86 97 7*1 9‘i 83 Eng.&Wales ditto i5‘i 140 i4’4 iy6 138 124 i2‘i i2‘g n*6 i2-2 12 2- Wok’g Infant Mor¬ tality ... ... 70 93 84 61 58 40 5S 31 28 35 21 Eng. & Wales ditto no 91 97 97 89 80 83 77 69 75 75 It will be noticed that the Woking Death Rate con- tinues to be very favourable, and the Infant Mortality was extraordinarily low. It is somewhat remarkable that the England and Wales Death Rates and Infant Mortality Rates were identical with those of the previous year. The corresponding rates for neighbouring districts were as follows:— Corrected Infant Birth Rate. Death Rate. Mortality, Guildford . 174 9-6 45 Chertsey Urban . 15-3 8-3 46 Walton . 14-7 8-3 19 Wey bridge . 13-7 10-9 45 Reigate . 141 9-9 37 GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA. Hospitals Provided or Subsidised by the Local Authority or by the County Council. (1) Tuberculosis.—None. (2) Maternity.—An excellent Maternity Home, with 19* beds, is maintained by the Woking Health Society in