[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover Borough.

  • Andover (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Heath House, Birth Rate. Death Rate. Zymotic Death Rate. Infant Mortality. Notification of Infectious Diseases. Small Pox. Ando V EE, March -16, 1905. To The Mayor and Corporation oe the Borough or Andover. Gentlemen,— I beg to present nij report for the year 1904. The Population at the last Census was 0500, and estimated at the present time to be 6,700 ; and your district covers an area of 8,385 acres. During the year 190 Births were registered: this gives a Birth Rate 26’5 per 1,000, an increase of 3’0 on that of last year ; the average for the previous 10 years being 23'5 per 1,000. Ihe total number of Deaths registered in the district was 88. This mcludes 5 of non-residents registered as occurring in public institutions in the district (Union Workhouse and Andover Cottage Hospital), so that excluding these the correct number of Deaths was 83. This gives a Death Rate of 12-2 per 1,000, 2'6 below that of last year and 2’4 below the average of the jmevious 10 year’s, h if teen of the above deaths were in persons under 1 year of age, whilst 34 rvere 65 and nprvards. Of these 30 were above 70 years, and their average age at death was 79 years 9^months^,. The chief causes of death rvere Bronchitis and Pneumonia ... 9 Premature Birth ... ... ... ... ... 4 Heart Disease ... ... ... ... ... ... 23 Cancer ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Phthisis 2 Diarrhoea... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Accident... ... ... ... ... ... ... i Cirrosis of Liver ... ... ... ... ... 2 Whooping Cough per 1,000. the cause of 1 death, the Death Rate being: O’lo During the year 15 infants died under 1 year of age, a decrease of 3 from the previous year; this gives a mortality of 78’8 per 1,000 births registered. The causes of death amongst Infants were as follows :— Diarrhma... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Premature Bii’th ... ... ... ... ... 4 Inanition... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Suffocation ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Pneumonia and Bronchitis ... ... ... ... 3 Convulsions ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Whooping Cough ... ... ... ... ... ] The ages at which they dietl were : 5 under six days old, 4 under four months, 3 under one month, 3 under 1 year. By this it will be seen that the struggle for existence is greatest during the early months of life, errors in diet being probably the contributing cause. Only five cases were notiffed during the year. At the beginning of June a workman, who was travelling through the town, was found to be suffering from this disease. He had slept at a common lodging- house at Rugby for 14 days previous to his coming to this town, since Avhich time he stated that he had Avalked at night and slept by the roadside in the daytime. He was at once removed to the Isolation Hospital, whilst the room in which he Avas found Avas thoroughly disinfected, and those pei'sons known to have been in contact Avith him Avere vaccinated. I communicated Avith the Medical Officer of Health for Mid-WarAvickshire, in Avhose district Rugby is, and though he had been notified of a case on the morning he received ray letter he could not trace any connection between the two cases or the origin of either. As the patient admitted making fre(j[uent calls at houses at Whitchurch, I thought it advisable to communicate Avith the Medical Officer of Health there so that he might be on the lookout for any similar ease.