[Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Bacup Borough.

  • Bacup (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1912
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Credit: [Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Bacup Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    H for electrical driving. Very much could be done in our Borough if all the best methods of stoking were rigidly carried out in our mills and factories by the firemen. Smoke Nuis.-\.nce.-—Twenty-nine observations have been taken. 'I'here is a slight improvement as compared with the previous year. 'The following table gives the deaths for the past lo vears :— Year Deaths Rate per I 1903 92 4'o8 1904 76 3‘22 190.5 66 2‘93 igo6 83 3'40 1907 95 3'!^ 7 1908 61 2'48 1909 66 2-68 1910 61 2'06 1911 67 2'99 1912 66 2-94 INFLUENZA. There were 3 deaths, i under 5 years and 2 over 5 years of age. Death-rate equals o'i3 per 1000. This did not assume an epidemic character. 'Fhe following table gives the deaths for the past 10 years:— Year 1903 Deaths 2 Rate per 1,000. O’oS 1904 6 0‘26 1905 I 0'04 * 1906 2 o'oS 1907 I o’04 igo8 to o'40 1909 7 0-28 igio n 0 oS 1911 5 Cl Cl b 1912 3 0-13