[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Alnwick U.D.C.

  • Alnwick (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Alnwick U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ALNWICK URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL MEDICAL OFICER'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1920. Gentlemen:— The accompanying report is arranged and pre- sented to you according to suggestions contained in a memorandum received from the Ministry of Health. Natural and Social conditions of the District. The Estimated Population of the district for the year is 6,784 as compared with 6,796 for 1919, and 7,041 for the Census of 1911 No great variation in the population occurs from year to year, which is only to be expected in a place where no new works or industries are established, and the existing occupations are of a fairly stable and unvarying nature. Agricultural work, shop- keeping, mining, and quarrying are the chief occupations, and these do not exert any particular influence on the health of the community. Physical Features and General Character of District. The town’s site is of a hilly nature affording facilities for self- cleansing gradients to the main sewerage and private drainage Most of the houses are constructed of the local sandstone. To the west lies the higher ground of Alnwick Moor on which are erected a number of detached and semi-detached cottages included in the Urban District. Vital Statistics. The total deaths for the year numbered 116 and of these 48 were males and 68 females. Taking the population at 6,784, the death rate equals 17.09 per thousand. Death Rate 1920 - 17.09 Death Rate 1919 - 17.62 Death Rate 1918 - 17.65 Average Death Rate for 3 years — 17.75 It is satisfactory to note that the death rate for 1920 is less than that for 1919 and also below the average for the last three years. The following are the causes of death :— Pneumonia ]6 Violence 4 Bronchitis 4 Cancer 9 Other Respiratory Diseases 1 Appendicitis ... 1 Pulmonary Tuberculosis 6 Meningitis • • 1 Other Tubercular Diseases 3 Parturition 2 Infantile Diarrhoea ... 3 Puerperal Fever ... 1 Congenital Debility ... 5 Organic Heart Disease 8 Kidney Disease ... ... 4 Other Defined Diseases 46 Causes illdefined or unknown ... 2 No deaths were caused by Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever or Typhoid Fever, but there was one death from Cerebro-spinal Meningitis (Spotted Fever).