[Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1907
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Credit: [Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CITY OF CANTEKBUEY. flflNURU REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR 1907. Mii. Matok, Aldermen, and Councillors,— I have the honour of presenting to you nij' Thirty-first Annual lleport of the Health and Sanitary Condition of the Borough for the past year. Births.—The number of births registered in the Borough during the year 1907 was o')3 (277 males and 27b females), making a birth-rate of 21 T per 1,000. The birth-rate for England and Wale.s in 1907 was 26-3 per 1,000. There was a decrease of 69 births on 1906, an increase of 2 on 1905, and a decrease of 19 on 1901. Deaths.—The number of deaths registered was 388 (204 males and 184 femalesi, a docreise of 3 deatlis over 1906, of 19 over 1905, and of 27 over 1907. The excess of births over deaths was 165 ; 72 of these ile.ttlis occurred in tlie Kent and Canterbury Hospital, inclusive of 42 cases brought from the country districts witli their fatal dise.ises upon them. 56 of which were under 1 year of age ; 40 of 1 year of age and under 5 ; 11 of 5 years of age and under 15 ; 20 of 15 years of age and under 25 ; 129 of 25 years of age and under 65 ; and 130 of 65 years of age and upwards ; making a total of 388. Death Rate.—The annual death-rate of the estimated population to the middle of 1907, viz, 26,200 was 14’8, including the 42 cases brought from the country districts into the Kent and Canterbury Hospital with their fatal disease upon them, and, excluding these cases, the actual death-rate for the City was 13'2 per 1,000. This is lower than last year, and again becomes a I’ecord low death-rate for Canterbury. ' The death-rate for England and Wales in 1907 was i5 per 1,000. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1907 and previous Years. Ybak. 1. Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2. Births. ‘ Total Deaths Registered in the District. Total Deaths in Public Institu- tions IN THE District. S). Deaths of Non- residents registered in Public Institu- tions in tlie District. 10. Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institu- tions beyond the District. 11. Nett Deaths \r all Ages beloning to THE District. Number 3. Rate* 4. Under 1 Year of Age. At all Ages. Number. 5. Rate per 1000 Births registered. 6. Number. 7. Rate.* 8. Number. 12. Rate.* 1.3. 1897 23026 621 26-9 103 164 430 18-6 59 36 394 17T 1898 23026 613 27 103 167 441 19 T 44 32 409 17-7 1899 23026 614 27-1 76 123 448 19-4 50 30 418 18T 1900 23026 602 26T 67 113 428 18-5 59 28 400 17-3 1901 24899 593 23-8 80 134 413 16-5 66 34 381 15.3 24899 548 -22-8 0^70 1 -1 47 29 331 oy 107 0 fO 10 1 14 01 1903 24899 621 24-9 91 146 420 17 56 37 387 15.5 1904 24899 572 22-9 104 181 406 16 3 37 21 385 15-4 1905 24899 557 22-1 68 81 383 15-3 52 31 352 141 1906 25990 622 23-9 81 76 391 13'9 48 28 363 13‘9 Averages ) for years [ -23558 595 23-5 83 129 413 16 '3 57 30 382 15-3 1897-1906. 1907 26208 553 21-1 55 99 388 14-8 72 42 346 13-2 * Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of the estimated population. Note.—The deaths to be included in Column 7 of this Table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths to be included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11. By the term “Non-residents” is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there ; and by the term “Residents” is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere. The “ Public institutions ” to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums. Area of .District in acres T (exclusive of area ^ 3,955 covered by water) ^ Total population at all ages, 24,899 Number of inhabited houses, 5,460 Average number of persons per house, 4 4 ( At Census j of 1901.