[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Loughborough Borough.
- Loughborough (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Loughborough Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Borough of Loughborough. ANNUAL REPORT.7 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Year ending 31st December, 1905. Gentlemen, To the Council oj the Borough of Loughborough. I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report for the Year 1905. Area in Statute Acres 3045. Population (Census 1901) 21,508. Estimated to the middle of 1905, 22,832. Number of inhabited houses (estimated) 5190. Average number of persons per house 4-3. BIRTHS. The total number of births registered was 644, being 52 more than last year, and 44 above the average of the last 10 years, and is an annual birth-rate of 28-2 per thousand of the estimated population. MORTALITY. The total number of deaths registered was 337, but 18 of these were of persons not belonging to the Borough, who died at the Loughborough Workhouse or Hospital. By subtracting these and adding two deaths of Loughborough residents which occurred outside the Borough at the Isolation Hospital, we get the correct number of deaths of residents for the year which is 321, being 16 less than last year, and eight below the average of the last ten years, and is an annual death-rate of 14-0 per thousand. INFANT MORTALITY. The total number of deaths of infants under one year is 93. which is 10 more than last year, but is four below the average of the last ten years. This increased Infant Mortality is not accounted for as usual by Diarrhoea being prevalent, but is rather traceable to premature birth, and to the deaths of infants born in a feeble condition. The employment of women at laborious occupations during their pregnancy, and soon after their confinement is doubtless responsible for a considerable number of these deaths. The Infant Mortality rate for the year is 144 per thousand births registered, which, although higher than it ought to be, is 24 less than the average of the last ten years. ZYMOTIC MORTALITY. The total number of deaths from Zymotic Diseases, including Diarrhoea, is 47 which is six more than last year, and one below ihe average of the last ten years. This gives an annual Zymotic Mortality of 2-0 per thousand. INFECTIOUS DISEASES (NOTIFIED). The total number of cases of Infectious Diseases notified is 261 which is 272 less than last year, but is 66 above the average of the last ten years. The number of cases of the several diseases were as follows :— Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Typhoid Fever ... Puerperal Fever Erysipelas Phthisis 195 5 13 4 23 21 [1]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29743059_0001.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
