[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor U.D.C.
- Bognor Regis (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1913
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Ten of the cases of Scarlet Fever were removed to the Isolation Hospital and all recovered. The accommodation at the Isolation Hospital provides 12 beds for Scarlet Fever patients namely, 6 male and 6 female; and 12 beds for Diphtheria patients namely, 6 male and 6 female ; this acconunodation is ample under present circumstances. Disinfection of premises occupied by patients suffering from notifiable diseases was carried out to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Authority in all cases. The number of bii-ths registered in the District was 149, namely, 76 males and 73 females. This gives a birth I'ate of 17’3 per 1000 estimated population. The births were distributed over the 12 months as follows :— January Males. 10 F emales. 7 Total. 17 February 9 7 16 March 4 10 14 April 10 4 14 May 7 2 9 Jime 5 6 11 July 6 5 11 August 3 4 7 September 7 9 16 October 7 5 12 November 3 4 7 December 5 10 15 76 73 149 The figures for the previous five years were as follows :— Males. Females. Total. Rate. 1908 60 61 121 157 1909 73 59 132 167 1910 58 72 130 16-0 1911 81 71 152 18-5 1912 65 63 128 15'2 Tlie Sea fi.shing forms the principal industry of the town and no trade is carried on which coulf] liave aiij'^ pi-ejudicial infiuence on the i^ublic health. For years the locality has been a resort for yjorsons seeking rest and restoratioii to health. 'I'he aspect of Bognor is almost due South; it is sheltered from the East and North-east winds bi tlic soiitli downs. The air is remarkably pure, balmy, and bracing, having the mildness of the Soutljcrn and tlie dryness of tlie Eastern coast. Tlie surface soil is gravelly and very porous, tlie roads diy lajjidly after i-ain. Fogs are I'ai-e, and in summer few days occur without sea breezes tempering tlie lieat. ''I'lie pi-evailing wind is Soutli-west. Snow is rarely seen and when it falls it disappeai's rapirlly. The sands decline gradually from the parade constituting a safe playground for children. At high tide the sea reaches up to the parade, the foreshore getting well washed twice daily.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28936991_0004.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
