[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Nelson Borough.

  • Nelson (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Nelson Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Nelson, April, 1926. To the Chairman and Members of the Health Committee. Gentlemen, I have pleasure in submitting iny Report on the Health and Sanitary Condition of the Borough for the year ended 31st December, 1925. In accordance with the request from the Ministry of Health that the Report for the year should be a “ Survey Report,” I have arranged this report to be in agreement with the suggestions made. It Avill be noticed that the number of Births registered again shows a decline on the previous year, the birth rate consequently being reduced from 11.9 per 1,000 of population in 1924 to 11.8 per 1,000 of population for last year. For comparison the Birth Rate per 1,000 of population last year, as worked out for the whole of England and Wales, was 18.3. The average Birth Rate for 105 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London, was 18.8, and the average for 157 smaller towns, with populations ranging from 20,000 to 50,000, was 18.3. The number of deaths registered during the year, after correction was 478, a decrease of 58 on last vear’s total, the rate per 1,000 of population being reduced from 13.3 in 1924 to 11.9 in 1925. Decreases are noticed mainly in the number of deaths from Influenza (41 to 9) and Bronchitis (60 to 39). An epidemic of Influenza was prevalent during the second quarter of the year, and though not attended with the fatal results as shown in yirevious epidemics, its effect was shown hy the prevalence of follicular tonsilitis, particularly amongst school children, during this period. During the year the number of deaths exceeded the