[Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Loughborough Borough.

  • Loughborough (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1906
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    Borough of Loughborough. ANNUAL REPORT of the Medical Officer of Health for the Year ending 31 st December, 1906. TO THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF LOUGHBOROUGH. Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report for the year 1906. Area in Statute Acres, 3,045. Population (Census 1901), 21,508. „ Estimated to the middle of 1906, 23,163. Number of Inhabited Houses (estimated), 5,265. Average number of Persons per house, 4.4. BIRTHS. The total number of Births registered was 673, being 29 more than last year, and 73 above the average of the last ten years, and is an annual birth-rate of 29 per thousand of the estimated population. MORTALITY. The total number of Deaths registered was 337, but 25 of these were of persons not belonging to the Borough, who died at the Loughborough Workhouse or Hospital; by subtracting these, and adding one death of a Loughborough resident, which occurred outside the Borough at the Isolation Hospital, we get the correct number of deaths of residents for the year, which is 313, being 8 less than last year, and 1.7 below the average of the last ten years, and is an annual death-rate of 13.5 per thousand. INFANT MORTALITY. The total number of deaths of infants under one year is 105, which is 12 more than last year, and 10 above the average of the last ten years. This increased Infant Mortality is entirely due to Diarrhoea, and will be dealt with under this heading. The Infant Mortality rate for the year is 156 per thousand births registered, which, although higher than it ought to be, is 8 less than the average of the last ten years. ZYMOTIC MORTALITY. The total number of deaths from Zymotic diseases, including Diarrhea, is 60, which is 13 more than last year, and 13 above the average of the last ten years. This gives an annual Zymotic Mortality of 2.5 per thousand. INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED. The total number of Infectious Diseases notified is 92, which is 169 less than last year, and 130 below the average of the last ten years, being in fact, the lowest number of notifications for a whole year since the passing of the Notification Act. The number of cases of the several diseases were as follows :— Diphtheria .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Erysipelas .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 Scarlet Fever .. .. .. .. .. 32 Enteric Fever .. .. .. .. .. 18 Phthisis . 20 Cerebro Spinal Fever .. .. .. .. 1 [1]