[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Caterham U.D.C.

  • Caterham (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Caterham U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CATERHAM. ► < « Report of the Medical Officer of Health. The Priory, Caterham Valley, February, 1910. To the Chairman and Members of THE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CATERHAM. Gentlemen, As Medical Officer of Health I have the honour to present you with my Annual Report for the year 1909 for the District over which you preside. Area, Statistics and Population. The area comprises 2438 acres, with a population of For Caterham (estimated) ... 10494 Asylum (actual) ... 2129 Barracks ,, ... 885 Total ... 13508 During the year there have been 220 births and 74 deaths, giving respectively a birth rate of 20.9 and a death rate of 7.05 per 1 000 of the population. In estimating the above rates the populations of the Barracks and the Asylum have been excluded. There have been 18 deaths of Infants i.e. Children under one vear of a ore. An analysis of these deaths is as 0 o 0 follows :—Nine have have been certified as due to Premature, one due to Congenital defects and three due to injury at birth, leaving five to be accounted for from other causes, viz :—One from epidemic diarrhoea, one from whooping cough, one from pneu- monia, one from bronchitis and one from intestinal obstuction. From the above it will be seen that only one death was due to epidemic diarrhoea, a satisfactory comment, I think, on the improved management of infants and their feeding. The wet year was also probably favourable to the non prevalence of this disease. I would also point out the very low death rate viz.:—7.05 per thousand. The Notif&ction of Births Act 1907 has not been adopted in this District.