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Kingston upon Thames 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER of HEALTH.
Clattern House,
January, 1904.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my eleventh annual
report on the Health of the Borough of Kingstonupon-Thames.
Birth Rate 28.3 per 1000 per ann.
29.0 „ average of previous 10 yrs.
„ 29.6 „ „ England and Wales, ditto.
„ 28.4 ,. „ England and Wales, 1903.
This is lower than any year on record.
Death Rate 13.5 per 1000 per ann.
15.0 „ average of previous 10 yrs.
„ 17.9 „ „ England and Wales, ditto.
" 15.4 ,, England and Wales, 1903.
„ 14.6 „ ,, Smaller Towns, 1903.
„ 14.8 „ „ Country Districts, 1903.
Death Rate 112.6 per 1000 Births of Infants under 1 year.
" 134 " average of previous 10 yrs.
,, 154 ,, England and Wales, ditto.
,, 132 ,, England and Wales, 1903.
Lowest for England and Wales was 130 in 1881.