[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Chelmsford Borough.

  • Chelmsford (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Chelmsford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In regard to Table IV. (Causes of Death) :— 6 or 3’32 per cent, of deaths were due to Zymotic Diseases. 18 or 9-94 per cent, of deaths were due to Tubercular Diseases. 17 or 9*39 per cent, of deaths were due to Bronchitis and Pneumonia. 23 or 12T5 per cent, of deaths were due to Cardiac Diseases. 13 or 7T7 per cent, of deaths were due to Cancer and all forms of Malignant Disease. 16 or 8*84 per cent, of deaths were due to Senile or Natural Decay. 32 or 17T per cent, of deaths were due to other forms of Disease not classified. It will be seen that the percentage of deaths caused by the Zymotic Diseases is quite a low one, lower considerably than last year. The percentage of deaths due to Tubercular Diseases is slightly higher than last year. In this matter I should like to say that at times insufficient care is exhibited on the part of medical men in certifying the cause of death. I admit it is perhaps more satisfactory to the relatives to have the primary cause of death ascribed to Tuberculosis than, for instance, to Chronic Alcoholism. One case at least I know that bears on this point: yet the certificate of death must be accepted, and it gives an unfairly high Tubercular Death-rate. Thirteen cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis were registered this year as having occurred in the Borough. The deaths due to this disease during the past ten years are :— 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 Deaths... 13 9 12 11 9 13 11 10 16 16 Kate per 1,000 •73 •44 •87 •81 •67 •98 •84 •76 1.27 1-30