[Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Gillingham (Kent) U.D.C.

  • Gillingham (Kent, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1897
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Credit: [Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Gillingham (Kent) U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    flftebical ©fficev’s IReport 155, High Street, New Brompton, Kent, March, 1S9S. To the Chairman and Councillors of the Gillingham Urban District Council :— Gentlemen, I Leg to submit to your Council my Annual Report on the Sanitary condition and health of Gillingham, 1897. Population, 1891 (census) ... ... ... ... 27,813 Estimated Population, 1897 ... ... ... ... 33,690 Area in statute acres ... ... ... ... 1,302 Total deaths registered ... ... ... ... 100 Death llate per 1000 population, 1897 ... ... ... 1D8 Death Rate „ including Institutions ... ... 13*0 Total births registered ... ... ... ... 999 Birth rate per 1000 population ... ... ... 29-6 Zymotic death rate per 1000 population ... ... ... 2-5 Notifications received ... ... ... ... 264 The death rate this year is very low, and compares favourably with other towns of its size and surround- ings, and especially with last year, when we were in the midst of an epidemic of diphtheria, The following is an epitome of the ages at which deaths occurred in this district, including those which 225 under 5 years. at the Infirmary, Workhouse, and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Deaths under 1 year of age 169 | Deaths over 1 and under 5 years 56 | Deaths over 5 and under 15 years 21 !i j? 15 ,, 25 „ 16 ,, „ 25 ,, 65 ,, 76 „ „ 65 years 62 I Total 400 175 over 5 years. u the Workhouse, Infirmary and St. Bartholomews Hospital :— Deaths under 1 year ... Deaths over 1 and under 5 years ?> >> 5 ,, 15 ,j ... ... „ „ 15 „ 25 55 * * * * • * ,, ,, 25 ,, 65 55 ... ... Deaths over 65 years... • Total ' 1 2 19 12 38 W Inch will make the total number of deaths for the district, 438 ; which calculated on a population of 33,690, gives a rate of mortality of 13-0 per thousand, as against 16’4 per thousand for the previous year, and deducting those dying in public institutions but belonging to the district, gives a death rate of 11 -8 per thousand.