[Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham U.D.C.

  • Chippenham (Wiltshire, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1907
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Credit: [Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BOROUGH OF CHIPPENHAM URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL Medical Officer of Health’s Annual Report and Tabular Statistics for 1907. (ABBREVIATED). Table 1. BIRTHS AND DEATHS. YEAR. Population. Births. Deaths under 1 year old. Total Deaths. No. Rate per 1,000 of Population. No. Rate per 1,000 of Births No. Rate per 1,000 of Population. 1897 4618 137 29-6 6 1-29 45 9-7 1898 130 28-1 15 3-24 60 12-99 1899 139 30-0 16 3-46 75 16-2 1900 108 23-3 11 2-38 63 13-64 1901 5074 122 24-2 9 1-7 66 13-0 1902 129 25-4 14 2-7 72 14-1 1903 130 25-6 10 1-9 62 12-2 1904 131 25-8 8 1-5 55 10-8 1905 117 23-05 6 1-18 41 8-08 1906 128 25-22 9 1-77 71 13-99 Average of foregoing 127-] 25-7 10-4 1-6 61 12-0 1907 5074 116 22-86 14 2-7 75 14-75 To these must be added the number of deaths of Borough persons in the Kural District, viz.: in the Union Workhouse and at the Isolation Hospital 7 The above number of deaths 75 include 6 cases of death at the Cottage Hospital of whom 1 did not belong to the Borough Making the Total Figures attributable to the District ... 81 | 15'96 Number of Inhabited Houses in Borough—1901 Census ... 1185, now estimated at 1265 Average Number of Persons per House ... ... 4-3 4.9 Table 2 does not apply to Chippenham ■ Table 3. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. No. Sent to Isolation Hospital, Diphtheria .*• ... 12 5 Erysipelas ... ... 5 ... Scarlet Fever ... • •• 14 11 Puerperal Fever • •• ••• 2 ... Totals ... 33 16 Table 4. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH. CAUSE. Total Ages. No. Under 1. ItoS. 6 to 1.1. 13 to 25. 33 to 65. 65 n above Measles Diphtheria or Membraneous 1 ... 1 ... ... ... ... Croup ... 1 ... ... 1 ... ... Diarrhoea 1 1 • •• • •• • •• • •• Phthisis 3 ... ... ... ... 3 ... Other Tubercular Diseases ... 1 • •• 1 • •• «*• • •• • •• Cancer 5 ... ... ... • •• 2 3 Bronchitis Other Diseases of Respiratory 4 1 ... ... ... 1 2 Organs 1 ... ... • •• • •• 1 Premature Birth ... 2 2 • •• • •• • •• • •• Heart Disease ... Accidents (died at Cottage 12 ••• ... ... ... 4 8 Hospital) All other causes (5 at Cottage 1 ... ... ... ... ... 1 Hospital) 49 10 1 ... 2 13 23 Total ... 81 14 3 1 2 23 38 Table 5. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1907. Diarrhoea Diseases, 1 viz. 1 Death in 3rd month Wasting Diseases, 8 4 3) under 1 week 1 53 in 2nd week Births Deaths 1 55 in 4th week Legitimate 113 13 2 55 in 2nd month Illegitimate 3 1 Tuberculous Disease 1 55 in 9th month Other causes, 4 viz. 1 55 in 6th month 1 55 in 7th month 1 35 in 10th month 1 )> in 12th month