[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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    “The district is in large part industrial, the chief industries being coal and iron mining, “iron manufactures, and brick and tile works. There is also a large china factory. These “industries are confined to the northern area together with a small part of the southern area “near the river. The greater part of the southern area is entirely rural and agricultural, and “thinly populated. For purposes of local administration the borough is divided into four “wards, each having a separate Sanitarv Committee acting as the Sanitary Authority. These “wards, with their area, population, and general character, are as follows: — Ward. Area in Acrc.s. Census Population 1901. Situation. (lencral Charaeter. Penny rate produces ■Madcley .. 2797 8442 North of Severn Urban and Industrial, Coal and Iron . £'89 ]>roscley . . 19()2 :)91(i South of Se\ ern Urban and Industrial, Brick and Tile £41 Much Wcnlock .. 8751 2210 South of Severn Afiricultiiral £32 Harrow . . ' . . 9012 1298 _ Both .sides of Severn Agricultural £20 WARD. Birth-rate. Death-rate. Infantile Death-rate. Epidemic Death-rate. Madeley .. 29-2 16-0 93 1 ■ 18 Broseley . . 20-9 17-4 95 Wenlock 20-0 10' 4 177 2-07 Barrow .. 21-6 14-7 71 2-32 Borough .. 20-8 10 3 101 2-07 Statistics. The natural increase of the population during the year was i66. The population at the middle of 1906 is estimated at 15,914, and corrected for public institutions, 15,920. Death-rates per 1000 population from • Period. All Causes. Seven Chief Zymotic Diseases. Ejiidemie Influenza. IMithiais. Other I'uhereidai 1 h.sease.s. Bron¬ chitis. 1*11(11- iiujniii. Heart Diseases (aiuiT. Infant Death- rate per 1000 Births. Birth¬ rate. 1 tlOO 10-3 2-07 •5(> 1-38 •88 ■81 1 ■ 00 2.38 * 75 101 20-8 .Averages for years 1897-1905 17-0 1 - 23 . . 109 27-7