[Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Wellington (Shropshire) R.D.C.

  • Wellington (Shropshire, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1906
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Credit: [Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Wellington (Shropshire) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Rural\District of Wellington Salop. Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ended December 1906. To the Wellington Salop Rural District Council. Gentlemen, I beg to present to you my annual Report of the state Of your District for the year ended December 1906. 4 I have complied Statistics of Sickness and Mortality for the year and submit the result in Tabulated form. The Mortality of the District shows 160 cases from all causes as compared with 166 in 1905. Of this number 9 died in the Salop Infirmary and the Cd>unty Asylum belonging to this District. The Table gives the number of Deaths which occured in the three Registration Divisions which I have again tahen as localities. Wellington (Rural Portion), 100 Wombridge. 0 Ereall Magna. 46 146 The total number of deaths shown in the above table, calculated upon the population of this District, shows a death rate of 12-6 per 1000. In the Table below I have classified the various diseases which proved fatal during the past year. 1902. 1905. 1904. 1905. 1906. Small Pox. Measles. 5 Scarlet Fever. Who oping Cough. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. 1 Croup. Typhus. Fevers Enteric. Oth er Continued. Epidemic Influenza. 5 Cholera. Plague. Diarrhoea. 11 1