[Report 1893] / Medical Officer of Health, Portland U.D.C.

  • Portland (England). Urban District Council. nb2006017178.
Date:
1893
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Credit: [Report 1893] / Medical Officer of Health, Portland U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i XT*ban Sanitary District, for the year endi 31si December, 1893. -o- I have the honour to subr.it my report for the year endi nr; 31st necember, 1893. ly appointment as t..t'dic.il Officer of Health d^tes from the 1st April ,1893, but by permission of my predecessor, Dr. Allan McLean, who supplied me with the necessary details, I have included the first quarter of the year in my report, which is therefore a complete one for the whole year. F 0 F lT L A T I 0_ K_._ There is some difficulty in estimating the population. There was a diminution during the last decade, hut tier' is every reason to believe that the population has increased sine the census was taken in 1891. There are a larger number of Convicts in the Prison than there were at that time, and a considerable addition lias been made to the number of Warders, most of whom are married and have large families. I do not think there has been much change in the numbers of the civil population. Probably 9,700 is a fairly accurate estimate of the number of inhabitants at the present time. girths. The number of births registered during the year were distributed as follows:- o J anuary, February, March, 11 16 isj = 4.5 in 1st Qua tor. April, 2 ] May, 22< * = 63 in 2nd Quarter June, 13j F July, 1 o* lo August, September, 12 15; = 45 in 3rd Quarter. October, 131 November, December, 18 1L = 42 in 4th Quarter. Total for the year, 195 Of these 101 were Males, and 94 were Females. U) Peaths