[Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Erdington U.D.C.
- Erdington (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1897
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: [Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Erdington U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![POPULATION. I have before ex])laiDed that it is only in census years that we actually and definitely know our population, so that, since 1891, the population taken for statistical pur- poses is to some extent only an estimated one. Thanks, however, to the courtesy of the Aston School Board, I liave been furnished with the results of their census, made for scholastic purposes, and I have therefore the means of judging very accurafely the number of persons living in the District in the middle of the year. This I hnd to be 13,000, viz., 12,440 in Erdington, and 560 in Witton. This gives us an increase of 705, wdiich is very nearly the same as was recorded in the year 1896, and must be considered highly satisfactory, as evidencing the continued and increased prosperity of the district. BIRTHS. 354 births (164 males and 190 females) liave been registered, of which 280 were in Erdington, 19 in Witton, and 55 at the Workhouse. This is an increase on the figures for 1896. The birth-rate for the year is 23*07, compared with 22*52 in 1896. It is still low for a pros- perous district, and much below the average tor the Countv of Warwick, which in 1896 was 28*54. I am pleased to be able to record that only three of the births registered were illegitimate. DEATHS. 471 deaths (253 males and 218 females) were regis- tered in the District, viz.:—147 in Erdington, 10 in Witton, 303 at the Workhouse, and 11 at the Jaffray Hospital. In order to find the true death-rate, it is necessary to subtract from the total the deaths of persons](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29193941_0004.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
