[Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, Wolstanton R.D.C.

  • Wolstanton (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1902
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Credit: [Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, Wolstanton R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER of HEALTH For the YEAR ENDING DECEMBER, 1902. Gentlemen, I have the honour of submitting- to you my Sixth Annual Report. Population. The population in the Wolstanton Rural District, according to the census of 1901, was 36,970, and estimated to the middle of 1902, amounted to 37,474. The acreage of the district is 10,392. Births. The births registered during the year numbered 1,440. Of these 692 were males and 748 were females, and the total represents an annual rate of increase of 38-4 per 1,000 living. Compared with the year 1901, the births show an increase of 34, the difference in the birth rate being 1-34. Deaths. 637 deaths were registered in the district during the year. Of these 72 were those of persons not belonging to the district, but who died in the public institutions in the district. 3 deaths occurred in public institutions outside the district of people who resided in the district. The total deaths of people belong to the district numbered 568, giving an annual rate of mortality of 15-4 per 1000 of the estimated population. When compared with the year 1901, there is a decrease in the number of deaths by 146, and the difference in the death rate is 3-56.