[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Nelson Borough.

  • Nelson (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Nelson Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tlie figure supplied by the Registrar General representing the number of population, on Avhich the Birth and Death Rates are worked out, is 39,990. This represents a reduction of 230 in the population as shown by last year’s figure, and a reduction of 700 on the figure arrived at by the Census of 1921. In the Memorandum issued from the General Register Office, it states relative to the figures supplied representing the population :—The estimates of population as at 30th June, 1925, which are now provided have been based on the adjusted 1921 figures after allowance for the varying rates of natural increase as evidenced bv the births and deaths in each area, and of migration, as indicated from other sources of informa¬ tion, such as the change in the number on the Electoral Register and the migration returns obtained by the Board of Trade, and are supplied only for use in Vital Statistics. The infantile Mortality Rate has increased from 72 per 1,000 Births in 1924 to 78 per 1,000 Births last year. The actual numljer of Infant Deaths was 37, and of these 11 occurred in the first week after birth. The Infantile Mortality Rate for England and Wales for last year is 75. The total number of infectious diseases notified shows an increase on last year, the numljers being 103 in 1924 and 200 ill 1925. There have been 34 more cases of Scarlet Fever notified than was the case in 1924, J)ut at no time during the year did the disease assume epidemic form. Diphtheria cases show an increase of 0 notifications, ])ut the total for the year (10) is well below the average number per year for the last 10 years, viz. : 20.3. As Measles, Ghickenpox and Whooping Cough are not notifialile in this Borough, the actual number of cases of these diseases that have occurred during the year cannot be ascertained. Measles and Whooping Gough were prevalent during the early months, and a mild outbreak of Ghickenpox occurred in the last quarter of the year, though at no time did any severe epidemic occur. 18 deaths occurred from infectious diseases during the year, there being 0 deaths from Measles, 2 from Scarlet Fever, 2 from Diphtheria and 8 from Whooping Gough.