[Manchester and Salford Registration Returns 1869].

Date:
1869
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    COMMUNICATED TO THE WZEStETKIXjYr BETTJ ZR.25T. rOL. IX ] WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1869. No. 440 DISEASES.—The extent to which they prevailed in Pauper, Charitable, and Public Institutions of Manchester and Salford. In the week ending on Saturday, January the 2nd, 1387 new cases of disease were observed in the public practice of Manchester and Salford. In the preceding week the number was 1223, and in the corresponding week of last year it was 1019. The deaths during the week amounted to 70, being at the rate of 1 death to every 19 cases. The return under Scarlatina does not fluctuate much, the numbers for the last three weeks being 34, 30, and 32. Fourteen of these 32 cases occurred in Manchester, 11 in Salford, and 7 in Chorlton. There is an increase in the cases of Measles, the number having risen from 4 to 13. One case occurred in Manchester, 8 in Salford, 3 in Hulme, and 1 in Ardwick. Three cases of Whooping-Cough are returned against 2 in the preceding week. Two of these were treated at St. Mary's Hospital and the other at the Clinical Hospital. The cases of Diarrhoea and Dysentery have risen from 15 to 22; in the corresponding week of last year the number was 33. Four cases of Small-Pox occurred during the week,—2 in Salford, 1 in Hulme, and 1 in Chorlton. The decline under Fever still continues. This week 45 cases are returned, being 14 less than in the previous week. Fourteen cases are attributed to Continued Fever, 24 to Typhus, and 7 to Typhoid Fever,—14 of the Typhus Fever cases were treated in the Manchester Workhouse, and 5 in the Royal Infirmary. Bronchitis and other acute chest diseases have been more prevalent the last week than in the week preceding,—238 cases were returned instead of 195. DEATHS._The Number Registered in Manchester and Salford, and their Causes. Last week 259 deaths were registered in the eleven registration districts which supply returns to the Sanitary Association. Eighty-two deaths were caused by diseases of the lungs, 29 by Scarlatina, 16 by Fever, and 5 by Measles. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean temperature of the air in the week was 41*0°; at the Royal Infirmary it was 38-8° ; and at Old Trafford 88*4®. JOHN ROBERTS, M.D., Hon. Sec. Iommittee Rooms,