[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Chard (Union) R.D.C.

Chard (England). Rural District Council.

Date:: 1911

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Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Chard (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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As far as I could find out, the number of inhabitants had not varied much since 1901, and I took the figures of that census as my figures for 1911, with the result that the population was found to have increased only to the number of 89. Censu' 1901. 1911. Estimated Population .. .. 13,300 ... 13,389 Number of Inhabited Houses. . ... 3,079 ... 3,183 Average number of persons per house 4*5 ... 4'2 Acres 52,992 Vital Statistics. Details will be found in the several tables appended. per 1,000. Birth Rate .. . . ... 217 Death Rate .. ... .. ii'8 Infant Death Rate ... ... 75*5 CHART, showing comparison of the number of Births during past ii years Infectious Diseases. There has been a remarkable freedoom from all kinds oi notifiable infectious diseases during the past year. Certain cases of tuberculosis are added this past year for the first time, as required by the tuberculosis regulations, 1908, and only bring the total to thirteen. Two ca.ses of diphtheria, four cases of erysipelas, four cases of scarlet fever, three cases of tuberculosis.