[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, East Grinstead U.D.C.
- East Grinstead (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, East Grinstead U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. 1304. Seventeenth Annual Report on the Health and Sanitary Condition of the East Grinstead Urban District for the Year ending 31st December, 1904. Area : 0,35.') Acres. Population (Census of 1901) : 6,094. Population estimated to middle of year Birth Kate iier 1,000 General Death Rate per 1,000 Zymotic Death Kate per 1,000 Death Rate from Phthisis... Death Kate from Respiratory Diseases Deaths under one year to 1,000 Births Deaths over 65, per-centage of total Deaths 1902 6,200 24 3 101 •16 1-29 1-4 74-4 44-7 1903 6,300 25-2 9-8 00 •78 1-7 811 22-6 1904 6,400 23-5 10-6 •31 1-4 1 5 691 31-7 Vital Statistics. In 1904 the deaths of 85 persons at all ages and from all causes were recorded in the district, against 84 in 1903 and 85 in 1902. These 85 deaths were at the rate of 13 2 ])er 1,000 of the total jiopulation. Of this number 11 or 12 9 per cent, were children under one year of age and were in the proportion of 7 3 per cent, of those born ; 27 or 31 7 per cent, were of [lersons 65 years of age and upwards. The deaths of seven {lersons 80 years of age ami upwards were recorded, the oldest being 97 years old ; 11 children died under the age of one year, in the proportion of 69^1 per 1,000 registered births. Of the 85 recorded deaths, 23 occurred in the Workhouse and five in the Cottage Hospital. Excluding these 23 deaths, the death rate was 9 6. Of the 83 deaths, 17 were of persons not residing in the district, but brought into it from outside districts, 15 of them dying in the Workhouse and two in the Cottage Hospital. Corrected Death Rate. Excluding the deaths of the 17 persons who were admitted to public institutions in the town from outside districts, the correct death rate in the Urban District is 10^6 per 1,000 persons living. This is a slight increase on the previous year, when it was 9-8. - Births. The births numbered 151, a decrease of 8 over those of the previous year ; 76 of these children were males and 75 females, equal to a birth rate of 23'5 per 1,000 of the })Oi)ulation. The birth rate, which had steadily risen from 23^4 in 1901 to 25^2 in 1903, thus shows a tendency to fall again, this decrease of births appears to have been almost universal in the urban districts throughout the country. With the exception of two deaths from whooping cough, no mortality is recorded under the ordinary zymotic diseases. Notification of Infectious Diseases. Thirty-six cases were reported to me under the Notification of Infectious Diseases Act, as follows :— Scarlet Fever ... ... ... ... 32 Diphtheria ... ... ... .. 4](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29182608_0001.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
