[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Leatherhead U.D.C.

  • Leatherhead (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1903
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Credit: [Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Leatherhead U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the Year 1903. I.—Population, Births, and Deaths, 1903. 1. Population.—The Population of the district in the middle of the year under review may be estimated at 4800, assuming that it has increased at the same rate since the Census 1901 as it did in the preceding decade. 2. Births.—The number of Births registered in the district during the year was 107, representing a Birth-rate of 22*3 per 1000 of the estimated population; this rate is the same as the average rate for the previous ten years. 3. Deaths.—The number of Deaths registered in the district during the year was 36, to which must be added 4 deaths in the Epsom Infirmary of persons belonging to the district. This gives a total of 40 deaths, which represent an Annual Death-rate of 8-3 per 1000 of the estimated population, as against an average rate of 13T for the previous ten years. , 4. Infant Mortality.—The deaths, during the year, of Infants under one year, were 6 in number, and were at the rate of 56 per 1000 births registered, as against an average rate of 135 for the previous ten years. 5. The deaths from Pulmonary Consumption were 2 in number, and were at the rate of 0'4 per 1000 of the population, which is below the previous average rate. 6. Influenza caused one death. 7. The Zymotic Death-rate was 0-63 per 1000 of the population.