[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Warminster R.D.C.

  • Warminster (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Warminster R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WARMINSTER RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. < t medical Officer's Report for 1904. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, Warminster, January 21, 1905. I have again the honour of presenting to you my Annual Report as Medical Officer of Health to your Council. DEATH RATE. During the past year the number of deaths registered in the district was 91, exactly the same number as last year, but to this number must be added the names of four persons belonging to the district, dying outside the district, viz. : one each from the villages of Horningsham and Brixton Deverill in the Cottage Hospital, the sudden death of an old man from Chitterne, and of a resident of Longbridge Deverill at the Workhouse, and the death of a parishioner of Sutton Veny at a private residence in Warminster. This total of 96 gives a death rate of 15'4 per 1000. The ages of death ranged from 6 hours to 95 years, and the deaths of persons over 80 years of age numbered thirteen. The deaths of children under one year of age numbered eleven, three of which only lived a few hours. With regard to seasons, there were 31 deaths in the first quarter, 19 in the second, 21 in the third, and 20 in the last. BIRTH RATE. The births, which were much below the average numbered 106, equal to a birth rate of 17 0 per 1000. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. I will now allude to the prevalence of these diseases during the year. DIPHTHERIA.—Five cases of this disease, two of which proved fatal, were reported to me. Two of these cases occurred in a large family at Corsley, two at Knook, and one at Codford. SCARLET FEVER,—Eighteen cases of this disease were reported, viz. : v't yC* fourteen at Stockton, eight at Heytesbury, and one at Sherrington, Corsley,