[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1903
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Credit: [Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CLEOBURY MORTIMER (Rural). • • . Medical Officer of Health ' ... E. T. Whitaker, m.b., b.sc., d.p.h. Area in acres ... ... • ... ... ... ... 44,338 Population at rgoi- Census... ... ... ... 6,720 Number of inhabited houses ,, ... ... ... ... 1,292 Number of persons per house ,, ... ... ... ... 5.2 General Characters. “ The District is a fairly large rural area of 44,338 acres, with a population which I have “ estimated at .6,350. It is divided into 15 parishes and has a rateable value of about ,£40,000. “ The only outstanding loans for Sanitary purposes are those on Cleobury Parish. “ The population is thinly scattered over the District, the only parts at all approaching “ an Urban character being the small Town of Cleobury Mortimer, and to a still less degree “ Highley village—a few villages, together with farms and their labourers’ cottages, com- “ pleting the list of habitations. “ The land is chiefly under cultivation, but at the w'estern boundary the Clee Hill with Moor- “ land rises up, and at the eastern border the coal measures crop up. “ The Workhouse is at Cleobury, which has also a public cemetery. There are no other “ public institutions, nor any manufactories, in the District other than a few coal pits. “ The Infectious Diseases Prevention Act, and such sections of Part III. of the 1890 “ Amendment Act as are applicable to Rural Districts, are in force, and there are also By- “ laws relating to Nuisances and New Buildings throughout the District, and to Slaughter- “ houses in Cleobury Mortimer and Stottesden.” Statistics. The natural increase of population during the year was 120. Death-rates per 1000 population from Infant Death- rate per 1000 Births. Period. All Causes. Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases. Epidemic Influenza. Phthisis. Other Tubercular Diseases. Bronchitis and Pneumonia. Heart Diseases. Cancer. Birth¬ rate. 1903 10*5 63 •0 •47 •31 2-2 •78 •94 64 294 Averages for years 1895-1902 14-8 96 280 The death-rate is the lowest on record. The zymotic rate was due to 1 death from measles, 2 from whooping cough, and 1 from diarrhoea. Infectious Disease.-—Six cases of small-pox, 19 of scarlet fever, and 6 of erysipelas were notified. The outbreak of small-pox was in Cleobury Town, where a mild case was not recognised in the early stage. A second case developed in the house and four cases in the next house, where vaccination was refused. The cases were promptly removed to the hospital and precautions taken with regard to supervision of contacts and disinfection of premises and clothing. The value of the