[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Kingswood U.D.C.

Kingswood (South Gloucestershire, England). Urban District Council.

Date:: 1925

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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Kingswood U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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nrttsi. «**** ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR KINGSWOOD URBAN DISTRICT for the year ending DECEMBER 31st, 1925. Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit to you my Annual Report for the year 1925. Ll GENERAL STATISTICS. Area of the District : 1,555 acres. Population : 13,730 Registrar Generalfs estimate. No, of Inhabited Houses : 2,903? No. of Families or Separate Occupiers : 3,046. Rateable Value : £34,000. Sum represented by a Penny Rate : £141. 13. 0. II. EXTRACTS FROM THE VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR. M. F. (Legitimate Total 209, 108 101 Irths (Illegitimate Total 5, 3 2 Birth Rate 14.2 per 100. Birth Rate for England and Wales 18.3. Deaths 88 Males, 78 Females, Total 166, Death Rate 12.0 per 1,000, Death Rate for England and Wales 12.2 per 1,000. 131 Deaths occurred in the Area. There were 35 trans- ferable deaths occurring in Institutions outside the Area. The death rate is 9.5 per 1,000 of residents in the area. No. of women dying in or in consequence of child-birth : From Sepsis 3, other causes Nil. Deaths of Infants under 1 year: 11. Infantile death rate 51,4 per 1,000 births registered. Deaths from Measles 11 ” n Whooping Cough 2 ” Diarrhoea under 2 years 1 The early part of the year, especially March and April, was marked by a sharp epidemic of Measles. There were 11 deaths. The infant departments In the schools were closed (1)