[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Rothwell (Northamptonshire) U.D.C.

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

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    ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH OP THE ROTHWELL URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Gentlemen, I beg to present my Eleventh Annual Report on the Sanitary condition of the Rothwell Urban District. The Vital Statistics of the Town may be given as follows : Area of Sanitary District, 3476 acres. Population estimated at 4900. Density of Population, 1-4 per acre. Births, 97. Males, 44; Females, 53. Birth rate, 19-79 per 1000. Increase of Population, 9-38 per 1000. Deaths, 51. Males, 35; Females, 16. Death rate, 10-4 per 1000. Deaths under one year of age, 20. Death rate under one year, 206-18 per 1000 births. The following were the chief causes of death as returned to — - - - - - —^ the Registrar : Marasmus 9 Measles 2 Heart Disease 7 Apoplexy 2 Cyanosis 5 Puerperal Fever 1 Senectus 4 Haematemesis 1 Acute Bronchitis , 3 Tubercular Peritonitis 1 Convulsions 3 Infiuenza 1 Phthisis 2 Cancer 1^ Acute Pneumonia 2 Tuberc’dar Meningitis 1 Nephritis 2 Teething 1 Cerebral Meningitis 2 Pernicious Anaemia 1 I think this, in most respects, is a very satisfactory report indeed, for, judging by the mean Death rate, you will see that it is lower than it has been since the formation of the Urban District Council. During the eleven years that the Council has been in existence there has been a gradual fall in the number of our deaths and this from a mere Sanitary point of view, is a matter for congratulation. This is shewn by the following figures : In 1893 the Death rate was 16-76 }> 1894 55 55 55 18-82 75 1895 55 55 5* 18- 4 55 1896 5* 55 55 18- 9 55 1897 55 55 55 15- 9 55 1898 55 55 55 13-27 55 1899 55 55 55 14-76 55 1900 55 55 55 14-14 55 1901 55 55 55 13.59 55 1902 55 55 55 12-11 55 1903 55 55 5t 10- 4 These figures speak for themselves—as a Death rate of only 10 4 is, in our experience, a decidedly low one, and one not often reached.