[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Saddleworth U.D.C.

  • Saddleworth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Saddleworth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The number of deaths classified according to age are i Under i year . 30 Between i year and 5. 17 »> 5 »« 15. 4 M 15 M 25. 8 25 „ 65. 69 Over 65. 53 Tabulated according to the cause of death the numbers are: 1903* 1904. Smallpox. i o Measles . o 2 Scarlet Fever . i 2 Whooping Cough . i i Diphtheria . 2 5 Membranous Croup . o o Typhoid Fever . o 3 Epidemic Influenza . 2 o Diarrhoea. o o Enteritis. o i Puerperal Fever . o o Erysipelas . o o Other Septic Diseases. 4 2 Phthisis . 13 7 Other Tubercular Diseases. 12 g Cancer, Malignant Disease. 12 5 Bronchitis . 17 7 Pneumonia. 26 ii Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of Liver. r o Venereal Diseases. o o Premature Birth. 8 10 Diseases and Accidents of Parturition . o 3 Heart Disease . 35 24 Uncertified . 10 18 Accidents . 7 4 Rheumatic Fever . o i Suicides . i o All other Diseases. 63 66 The deaths from the seven principal zymotic diseases were 5 in number, giving a Zymotic Death-rate of i'04 per 1,000, as contrasted with 0*406 in 1903, 0*64 in 1902, 1*05 in 1901, and o*8 in igoo. The following table is given for the purpose of comparing the Zymotic Death-rates for the last 5 years : Small¬ pox —*- Measles. Scarlet Fever. Diph¬ theria & Croup Whoop¬ ing Cough. Fevers and Typhoid Zymotic Diarr¬ hoea. I goo. ... 0*48 ... o‘o8 ... 0*24 ... igoi. ... ... 0*32 0*48 0*081 0*16 ... igo2. ... o*i6 o*o8 0*324 0*16 ... ... 1903. o’o8 ... 0*08 0*16 0*08 ... ... 1904. ... 0*16 o*i6 0*4 0*08 0*24 ...