[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Bootle (Union) R.D.C.

Bootle (Lancashire, England). Rural District Council.

Date:: 1920

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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Bootle (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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To the Chairman and Members of the Bootle Rural District Council March, 1921. Gentlemen,— I beg to submit my Annual Report for 1920. The Birth Rate—22.82 —is an improvement on 1919 {16.25), and is the highest recorded since 1909. The Death Rate—14.48—is also an improvement on 1919 {17.48). These figures are satisfactory to a certain extent, but are not as good as they might be, inasmuch as the Birth Rate for all rural districts in the country Is 25.9, and tlie Death Rate 13.6. The Infant Mortality Rate—38.45—is also lower than 1919 {53.19), and lower than for all rural districts—78. Infectious Diseases.—The.se consisted chiefly of 14 cases of .Scarlet Fever in different parishes, the infection in the first case being probably imported. The thiee cases of Tuberculosis noti- fied had all been afflicted with the disease before coming to live in the District. Water Supply is good in most parts of the District, with the exception of Eskdale Green. Rivers and Streams.—The iwllution is nominal.