[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Warminster R.D.C.

  • Warminster (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Warminster R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WARMINSTER RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. meaical Offlcer^s Report for 1909* Warminster, January 26th, 1910. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, Another period has arrived for me to present to you my Annual Report as to the health and sanitary condition of the district. My information as to the existing condition of the district, pnd particularly of certain parts that I know require extra supervision, has been obtained by regular inspection, the result of which is reported to you at your monthly meetings. In these inspections particular attention has been paid to the condition of the dairies and cowsheds, and various defects and insanitary conditions have been pointed out, all of which are pi'omptly attended to. DEATH RATE. During the year the number of deaths registered in the district was 80, equal to a death-rate of 13'3 per 1,000. Eleven deaths occurred in the Warminster Cottage Hospital, Workhouse Infirmary, and County Asylum, of persons belonging to the district, which increases the death-rate to 15T per 1,000. The ages of death ranged from 19 days to 96 years, and the deaths of persons over 80 years of age numbered 13, two of which were aged respectively 93 and 96 years. The deaths of children under one year of age numbered four. No death occurred from infectious disease. Three deaths occurred from Phthisis, and two from Cancer. BIRTH RATE. The births numbered 128, equal to a birth-rate of 21'3 per 1,000. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. I will now refer to the presence of infectious diseases during the year. Only twelve cases were reported to me, viz. : ten cases of Scarlet Fever, six of which occurred in the parish of Imber, one case of Diphtheria, and one of Puerperal Fever.