[Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Winchester U.D.C. / City.

  • Winchester (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1897
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    Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1897. To the Urban District Council of the City of Winchester. Gentlemen, The following is my Report for the year 1897. At the outset I must congratulate you on the very favourable condition of the Public Health during the past year, and also express satisfaction that in this district the joyful celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee were in no way marred by epidemic diseases or excessive mortality. The Tables comprised in this Report, although suggesting the necessity for further exertions, contain figures more favourable than those of any previous year. The death rate is only 13 per thousand and of these only 20 per cent are of children under five years of age, a most welcome improvement. The deaths from Zymotic Diseases amount to •2 per thousand, and there has been no death from either of the following diseases, viz : Small Pox, Scarlatina, Erysipelas, the group of diseases classified as Fevers and Diarrhoea. The Population of the District is estimated at 18350, as against 18419 for 1896; the average strength at the Barracks having been reduced and some slight changes having taken place in some of the parishes of Groups ii. and in. Tables A and B are appended and are similar to those of previous years. The deaths in 1897 amounted to 242. Of these deaths 3 were at the Barracks and 26 at the Union Workhouse ; 9 of the latter belong to the Urban and 17 to other Districts. During the year, 20 occurred at the County Hospital and 1 at the Victoria Hospital of persons belonging to this District which are not included in the Tables ; both these Institutions being situated within the Area of the Rural Sanitary District. Taking the grouping of Table A the deaths in the District occurred at the following ages :— Deaths under 1 year of age over „ 55 and under 5 years • • • „ 5 55 „ 15 55 . • • „ 15 55 „ 25 55 • « • „ 25 55 „ 65 55 „ 65 n 55 55 • • • Of the 85 deaths of persons over 65 years of age, 24 died at ages over 80; 5 having reached the great age of 90 and upwards. The Registered Births were 455, being 6 in excess of the previous year. The following Table shows how the Population, Births, and Deaths, and Deaths from Zymotic Diseases were distributed in 1897. LOCALITY. GROUP I* GROUP Ilf GROUP lllj BARRACKS WORKHOUSE THE WHOLE DISTRICT A. R. Area in Acres ... • • • • • • ... ... 1043 2 Population—Census, 1891 5850 6388 5619 1216 Included in 19073 ,, Estimated for 1897 5870 6548 5629 303 Group I 55 18350 Persons to Acre • • • • • • ... • • • ... 17-58 Total Deaths 65 91 57 3 26 242 Deaths from 7 principal Zymotic Diseases ... 2 3 Total Births 138 157 137 19 4 455 * Group 1.—The Parishes of St. Thomas, Weeke, ami part of Chilcombe. t Group Tl.—The Parishes of St. Bartholomew Hyde, St. Peter Cheesehill, Milland, St. Faith, St. John, and Winnall. J Group III.—The Parishes of St. Maurice, St. Mary Kalemlre, St. Lawrence, St. Swithun, St. Michael, and St Peter Colebrook