[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Farnham U.D.C.

  • Farnham (Surrey, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1903
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Credit: [Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Farnham U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BIRTH AND DEATH RATE. The Birth-rate has increased very considerably in 1903, the rate being 25d per 1,000 living, as against an average for the last 10 years of 23'9l, The death-rate has increased sliglitly, being 12*17 as against 10‘G7, but is still well below the average of 10 years which is 13*7G. The deaths from Zymotic Diseases have been decidedly fewer, but the deaths of infants under one year old are a good deal higher I am sorry to say. I have continued to distribute a good many of the County Council Cards giving directions about the feeding and care of infants, and hope the advice contained in them may in the long run have some effect in diminishing what one cannot but look upon as a very excessive mortality at this age. These calculations arc made upon an estimated population of G573, which includes the area added to the district on April 1st, 1902. The accompanying table shows the distribution of the deaths and births and the various rates. TOWN. UNION. DEATHS. BIRTHS. DEATHS. BIRTHS. Total per Month. Zymotic Diseases. Under 1 Year. Total per Month. i Zymotic Diseases. Under 1 Year- January 12 3 1 , 8 6 • t • • February . 8 1 2 13 4 . • 2 ]\Iarc]i 5 1 • • 9 G • 2 x\pril 7 1 11 5 • • • • May G 3 21 4 * 5 J une 5 . . 1 IG G • • • July 7 • 19 G • 5 August 2 1 7 ! 5 1 1 September 4 • • 13 1 t • 1 October 8 5 20 2 • « • November 11 2 17 8 • • 3 December 3 1 11 ! 5 t • o O luBrookwoodxVsylum • • * • • t 1 2 • • • t In King’s College Hospital 1 2 « f » • • • • • • • • * • t Totals 80 5 17 i 1G5 ! 1 1 GG • « 1 22 Per 1000 per annum 12*17 0*73 2*58 25*10 Do. in 1902 10.G7 1*11 I'Gl 21*35 Do. in 1901 14.53 0*49 2*28 22-53
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