[Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Chichester City.

  • Chichester (England). City Council.
Date:
1895
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Credit: [Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Chichester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    West Street, Chichester, z%lh February, 1896. To the Worshipful the Mayor, the Aldermen, and Town Councillors—the Sanitary Authority of the City of Chichester. Gentlemen, I beg respectfully to lay before you my Annual Report of the Public Health of the City for the year 1895, and I have the pleasure to state that it is very satisfactory, when compared with the three preceding years of 1892, 1893, 1894. The number of Births during the year has been 261, viz. : —131 Males and 130 Females, and estimating the Population of the City (including the extended District, and allowing for the yearly increase of Births over Deaths) to be in round numbers, 10,600, the Birth-rate is 24.6 per 1,000 per annum ; in the first quarter there were 72 (viz.:—32 Males and 40 Females) in the second quarter 54 (viz. : — 26 Males and 28 Females) in the third quarter 68 (viz. :—38 Males and 30 Females) and in the fourth quarter 67 (viz. :—35 Males and 32 Females.) The number of Deaths registered during the year, exclusive of non- residents, who died at the Infirmary, has been 151 (viz.:—79 Males and 72 Females) the increase of Births over Deaths has, therefore, been-Li o, In the first quarter there were 54 (viz.:—29 Males and 25 Females) in the second quarter 23 (viz.:—11 Males and 12 Females) in the third quarter 35 (viz.:—15 Males and 20 Females) and in the fourth quarter 39 (viz.:—24 Males and 15 Females) making the Death-rate for the first quarter to be 20 per 1,000 per annum, for the second quarter 8.4, for the third quarter 13.2 and for the fourth quarter 14.4 per 1,000 per annum, while that for the whole year has been 14.2 ; the Death-rate for the year 1894, was 16.9, for 1893, 15.6, for 1892, 18.8 and for 1891, 17.4. The following Table shows the ages at which the deaths occurred. Under 1 year 1 year and under 5 years 5 years and under 15 iS .. 25 * 25 », 65 • 65 ,, upwards ^ | under 5 years of age 46. 6 7 37 55 151 The Deaths of persons between 70 and 80 years of age were 27, between 80 and 90 yeai^s, 16, and 1 at 91, and 1 at 98 years. The ages of persons from a distance, who died at the Infirmary, were—under 15 years o, between 15 years and under 25, 2, between 25 and under 65, 7, and 65 years and upwards, 4—13. There were 55 Notifications of Infectious Diseases during the year, including 11 cases from the Infirmary, of persons from a distance ; of the 44 cases within the Chichester Urban District there were — Typhoid Fever .... 2—1 from Elm Grove Cottages, North Walls, and 1 from Portfield. Scarlet Fever 23 Diphtheria 9 Erysipelas 9 Puerperal Fever.... 1 4+