[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Chichester City.

  • Chichester (England). City Council.
Date:
1896
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Credit: [Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Chichester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    West Street, Chichester, 28<A January^ 1897. To The Worshipful The Mayor, the Aldermen, and THE 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 1896. The number of births during the year has been 318 (viz.: 161 males and 157 females), an increase of 57 over 1895, which was 261; and estimating the population of the City (with the increase of births over deaths) to be, in round numbers, 10,700, the birth-rate is 29-7 per 1000 per annum, that of 1895 being only 24*6 per 1,000 per annum; in the 1st quarter there were 80 (viz.: 42 males and 38 females), in the 2nd quarter there were 73 (viz.: 29 males and 44 females), in the 3rd quarter 75 (viz.: 43 males and 32 females), and in the 4th quarter 90 (viz.: 47 males and 43 females). The number of deaths registered during the year, exclusive of non-residents, who died at the Infirmary, has been 198 (viz.: 106 males and 92 females); the increase of births over deaths has therefore been 120; in the 1st quarter there were 44 (viz.: 21 males and 23 females), in the 2nd quarter 47 (viz.: 23 males and 24 females), in the 3rd quarter 56 (viz.: 33 males and 23 females), and in the 4th quarter 51 (viz.: 29 males and 22 females); making the death-rate to be for the 1st quarter 16*4 per 1000 per annum, for the 2nd quarter 17*2, for the 3rd quarter 20*8, and for the 4th quarter 18*8; and that for the whole year has been 18*5 per 1000 per annum, which is much higher than that for 1895 (which was a very healthy year), and the death-rate was only 14*2, that for 1894 was 16*9, and for 1893 was 15*6 ; and the average death-rate of the 33 largest towns in England for 1896 is 18*9 per 1000 per annum. The following table shows the ages at which the deaths occurred: Under 1 year ... 34 1 year and under 5 years ... 22 5 years „ 15 „ 7 25 „ ... 5 25 „ 65 „ ... 62 65 and upwards 68 All ages ••• 198 under 5 years of age 56 The deaths of persons between 70 and 80 years ^of age >yere 36, between 80 and 90 years, 17, and 1 aged 90, 1 at 91, and 1 at 93 years; the ages of persons from a distance who died at the Infirmary were—under 15 years, 5; 15 and under 25, 4; 25 and under 65, 5; 65 years and upwards, 4; — 18. There were 5 deaths at the Infirmary of residents in the City; and there were 11 deaths at the Workhouse; 2 between 70 and 80, and 2 between 80 and 90 years of age. There were 176 Notifications of Infectious Diseases (including 6 from the Infirmary of persons, from a distance); the 170 cases within the Chichester District consisted of: • ' ^Typhoid Fever Scarlet Fever ... Diphtheria Erysipelas Small Pox Puerperal Fever Membranous Croup 117 20 18 11 2 1 1 •-A ■ xO- o ■r 170