[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham Borough.

  • Chippenham (Wiltshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    . * 9 E C K .0 U G- H of O H I P'P fl TTH A M. EjOiOAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOE TIE YEAH 19] 8. ~ ' : : ! ‘ ! t '■< < '■ ■ c( rr rc c i'r'f f-YY : - G-ent loner, ••’li :■ Local -overnmcnt Board recognising tne strain imposed upon all workers By the conditions or war,requires only a modified report this year instead of tie usual detailed one. Tie shortage of paper Bar also to lx considered. The Tables received from the registrar General produce a dentil rate of 14.3:3 per 1000, the pop-plat ion for this purpose being estimated at 688-8,the death rate la-.t year being 13.4-5,the estimated po pulat ion bein a 7C 60., The Birth rate this year is 13.60 per 1000,estimated population oeirn. 1718, lasp year tne birth rate was 1 • 496 per U)D0,on a n e s t ima t c d no pu la a ion o f 787:1. There were 3 deaths of inf am e under 1 year old (3 male and 1 female,) One of these was illegitimate. The Health of the Borough during the year cannot be d: scribed as ooa. There were 3 69 oases of measles notified,*. 1th 1 death. There were 7 deaths attributed to Influence 4 As a rule they vn rc conplicatcd with Pneumonia. Leaflets miring advice as to the vent ion of the d disease were circulated. Ir October there was a v cry serious outbreak of rp*H . * J- il V infection wan importea It was hi-hl'- infectious i d i s case. There -.was an out hr onI: V of Good Hope a Mat I, is bon Owing to t he dearth of 7: as carried on t, Hevert he a 11 elit ion were lea It with t hO Town in a good far it an Septic Pneumonia causing death type of diecape rdgiha H- he Cape Water s upplv is good and the drainage is good The Cottages erected by the Council at Fnglands as far as they go relieve the want, of good housing accommodation.