[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Aspull U.D.C.
- Aspull (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1911
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Aspull U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![R No offensdve Trades have beeai carried on during the year, and it has not been found necessary to condemn any articles of food exposed for siale. Periodica] Inspections of the District have been made by myself and your Sanitary Officer. A Report of his work durine the year will be found appended hereto. PART II. VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1911. Birth-rate.—Births registered during the year numbered 253 (126 Males and 127 Females). This gives a Birth-rate for the year of 30.44 per 1000,—a reduction of 1.30 per 1000 from the rate for last year, and the lowest ever recorded for the Township, with the exception of the year 1907. This year’s rate is of course calculated on the new Census total for the Township of 8276. Death-rate.—During the year the deaths of Residents whether occurring in or beyond the District numbered 146 (84 Males and 62 Females). Deaths outside the district numbered 8. The Death-rate therefore for the year is 17.52 per 1000. This is higher than the rate for last year, (when the rate was exceptionally low). The actual increase is 5.23 per 1000. This is partly due of course to the smaller population, on which the rate is calculated. Infanttle Mortality.—I regret to have to report a consider- able increase in this rate for the past year. The total number of deaths under 1 year was 55, giving an Infantile Mortality rate of 218.25. This is an increase of 80.20 per 1000 over the rate for last year, and is in fact the highest rate that has been recorded in the district for many years. This abnormal rise is directly related to the disastrous effects of the epidemic of Infantile Diarrhoea which swept over the country during the protracted period of hot weather which was experienced during the summer. No fewer than 30 deaths were attributed to this one cause alone, of which 26 occurred during the months of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2881356x_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
