[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham Borough.

  • Chippenham (Wiltshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Extracts from Vital Statistics for the year are: Total. Male. Female Births.—Legitimate 114 56 58 ,, Illegitimate o ... o 1 2 Birth Rate, 14.7. Deaths 85 35 50 Death Rate, 10.6. Female Deaths of infants under 1 year—Legitimate 3 2 Illegitimate nil nil Deaths from Cancer, 13. Deaths from Heart Disease, 13. Deaths from IHiinionary Tul)erciilosis, 5 Hospitals. (1) For Tuberculosis.—The County Council Sanatoria are availal)le for inmates of the Borough. (2) Maternity.—The Corsham Maternity Hospital is available for a few cases. (3) Other Hospitals.—Chippenham Cottage Hospital is supi^orted by voluntary contributions and staffed by Practitioners within the Borough. For other cases the Hospitals in Bath are available. (4) Fever.—Chippenham Isolation Hospital is su])- ported l)y the Borough and Rural District of Chippenham. An arrangement has now been entered upon with Malmesbury, whose represen- tatives are joining the Joint Board of the Hospital, and an extension of accommodation will be commenced during 1926.