[Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1906
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Credit: [Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I'eatli-ral.i's [)er lOUO |)o|)iilation froai Period. All Causes. Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases. Kpideniie Inlliienzn. Phthisis. ()ther 'I'uherciilar Disea.se.';. IJroii- ehili.“. Pnou- Dtonia. H earl Diseases Can’tr. Infant Death- rate- per 1000 Pirlhs. Birth¬ rate. 1906 15-7 ■ So ■30 2- 11 •40 40 ■ 90 1-71 I ••2! SO 26-4 Averages foi- years ISOO-lOOo 17- 1 27.3 The zjanotic death-rate was due to 4 deaths from whooping cough, i from measles, i from diphtheria, i from enteric fever, and i from diarrhoea. The number of deaths from cancer has increased from 7 last year to 12 this year, and the deaths from phthisis have increased from 10 to 21. Dr. Beresford again points out the danger of sending children to school at too early an age. Scavenging.—“ The daily removal of refuse is still carried on with the best effect on the health of the town.” Water Supply has been good in quality, and the Liverpool water suDolied the deficiency in the summer. OSWESTRY (Rural). Medical Officer of Health R. DE LA P. Beresford, r.a.. M.U. Area in Acres .. . . bo.3b . Population at iQoi Census 14.727 Number of inhabited houses ,, 3,220 Number of persons per house ,, 4.6 Statistics. The natural increase of tl;e po])ulation during the year was 153. The jK)pulation at the middle of igo6 is estimated at 14,900.