[Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, Withernsea U.D.C.

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

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    . ■: A. /rS 10th February, 190 • To The URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL of WITHERNSEA Medical Officer of Health’s Annual Re crt. Gentlemen, Herewith I beg to pres<nt my Annual Report for the year ending 31st December, 1002. X estimate the population of the District at 1450: At the Census of 1901 the population was 1AlA. During the year 22 Births were registered in tie District, vis:- 22 Males and 10 Penales. The rate per 1000 being 22.06 as conpare? with 28.6 for the whole of England and v/aies* There were 26 Deaths — lb Males and 315 Females — the net rate being 17.9 per 1000 — She rate for the whole of K nd and Wales is 16.3. It will be seen by the accompanying tables that in eotinat- L ing the net death rate for the year, only one c ba subtracter ao beiro; that of a 9non-resident9 occurring in u Public Institution in the District* Not only vust we include deaths among visitors, ranny of whom ootne here only on account of Illness and who as part of the residential population, but we isust even include, as wo do this Jrear* the de ath of an unknown washed up by the sea* The deaths aT?ong the actual residential population to v/hom alone the above estimate of 1450 refers, have been 81, or 14.-1- per 1000 with an average are of 54.8 years. On© occurred under r which equals 31.2 per 1000 births registered, as compared with .1 b'6 per 1000 for the whole of England and Wales. Three be tween the ages of 1 and 8 years. Thirteen between 85 and 66, and Ten 65 and upwards.