[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Strood R.D.C. Lower Division.

  • Strood (England). Rural District Council (Lower Division)
Date:
1910
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Credit: [Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Strood R.D.C. Lower Division. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STROOD RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL LOWER DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT for the Year ending December 31st, 1910 To the Chairman and Members of the above-mentioned Authority. Gentlemen, I have the honour to lay before you my 38th Annual Report as to the Sanitary Condition of the Lower Division of your District. P(3PULATI0N. The Poimlation is estimated to have been at the middle of 1910 as follows : Whole district ... ... ... 11,100 Of Localities— Cliffe ... ... ... 2,666 Cnxton ... ... ... 637 Frindsbury Extra ... ... ... 2,715 Hailing ... ... ... 2,741 Higham ... ... ... 1,775 Strood Extra ... ... ... 566 The population of all the Localities, except Hailing, is taken to be the same as in 1909. This conclusion is arrived at by observation of empty houses and considerations as to local employ¬ ment. At Hailing, which hamlet is largely occupied by cement workers, trade has slightly improved during the year, and it is thought that there is probably some increase in the population. The whole is possibly an over-estimate, but the approaching Census will clear up the point. The natural increase of the population, by excess of births over deaths, was 170. In 1909 it was 182. Trade is slowly improving in certain parts of the district, notably Cuxtoii and Hailing, but not so much at present as to materially influence the population. Vital Statistics of the whole district, and of its separate localities, are set forth in the Tables appended to this Report. The Death Rate for the year was 8*8 per looo. The Birth Rate was 24*1 per 1000. The Infant Mortality Rate was 100*7 1000 births registered. The Zymotic Death Rate was *27 per 1000. The following are the corresponding rates for England and Wales for the year 1910. Births. Deaths. Deaths. Infant (all causes) (Zymotic) Mortality. England and Wales 21*8 13*4 *99 106 77 great Towns 25*0 i3’4 1*23 136 smaller Towns 237 12*4 *88 104 England and Wales, less the 213 towns 25*0 13*6 74 96 Strood Rural, Lower Division 24*1 8*8 *27 100*7