[Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1895
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    MEDICAL OFFICER’S REPORT FOR 1805. To the Mayor and Members of the Sanitary Committee. Gentlemen, I have the honour of presenting to you my nineteenth annual report of the health and sanitary condition of the Borough for the past year. Births.—The number of births registered in the Borough during the year J895 was 591; 276 of which were mnles, and 315 females, making a birth-rate of 25'6 per 1.000 of the estimated population of 1891; viz., 23,026. Deaths.—The number of deaths in the year 1895 was 4?4, 253 of which were males and 201 females; 78 of which were under 1 year of age; 40 of 1 year of age and under 5; 18 of 5 years of age and under 15; 27 of 15 years of age and under 25 ; 109 of 25 years of age and under 60 ; and 182 of 60 years of age and upwards. 49 of these deaths occurred in the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, inclusive of 32 cases brought into the Hospital from the country districts with their fatal diseases upon them for medical and surgical treatment. The death-rate of the estimated population for the year 1895 would therefore be 19’7 per 1.000, including the 32 deaths in the Hospital brought from the country districts, and excluding the number 32 so introduced the actual death-rate for the city is 18'3 per 1.000. The excess of births over deaths for the year 1895 is 137. There is an increase of 65 deaths over last year ; 14 more than 1893; 3 more than 1892; 50 more than 1891; 34 more than 1890; and 25 more than in 1889. The increased death-iate was due to the large number of old people dying during the severe weather of January, February, and March. There were 78 deaths under 1 year of age. The infantile death-rate measured by the pro- portion of deaths under 1 year of age to 1,000 births registered is 132 ; very slightly in excess of last year. DEATH RATH FOR CANTERBURY AS REQUIRED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD FOB 1895. Under Over Name of disease. 5 years. 5 years. Small Pox 0 0 Scarlatina 0 1 Diphtheria 1 3 Membranous Croup 1 0 Typhus 0 0 Enteric 0 4 Continued 0 0 Relapsing 0 0 Puerperal 0 0 Cholera 0 0 Erysipelas 0 0 Measles 18 1 Whooping Cough 2 0 Diarrlioea and Dysentry 13 4 Rheumatic Fever 0 1 Ague 0 0 Phthisis 0 53 Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy 13 36 Heart disease 0 43 Injuries 0 6 A'l other diseases 70 186 Total for 1895 454. I I These figures should be compared with those of previous years, as seen in the following table CAUSES OF DEATH IN CANTERBURY FOR TEN YEARS. CAUSES. 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 189.5 Smallpox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scarlatina 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 1 1 Measles 4 0 13 0 16 n 2 14 2 19 Diphtheria 5 8 7 8 6 1 2 1 5 4 Membranous Croup 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 Whoopingcorgh 9 10 4 1 3 s 2 4 19 2 . . Typhus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S t Enteric 6 7 7 9 4 4 2 6 6 4 2! < Continued.. c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 / Relapsing.,. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Puerperal... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 Cholera 0 0 (t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Erysipelas 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 Diarrhcei and Dysentery ... 17 10 6 16 2 3 S 19 1 17 Rheumatic Fvr 0 0 3 2 4 0 1 3 0 1 Ague 0 0 0 0 c 0 0 0 0 M Phthisis S3 53 48 46 41 49 38 39 23 53 Bronchitis, Pleurisy, a nd pneumonia ... 93 72 52 65 46 52 86 56 56 49 Heart Disease 57 39 53 47 45 48 31 46 48 4 1 Injuries 10 19 4 14 6 8 H 4 5 4 Other Diseases 2.57 226 194 216 245 23(1 265 231 213 2.56 510 457 421 429 420 401 451 410 389 451 The average number of deaths for the pait ten years is 435'5 ; so that the number of deaths this year is above the average. COMPARATIVE TABLE OB THE AGE AT WHICH DEATH OCCURRED IN CANTERBURY FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS. — . 13 12 ... Ull ■3-5 ■« s 'O SL a u a o O 09 Of C ie ^ c9 f-i a 10*0 ^ a kO 13 □ 3 P P a ® 3 1886 ... 570 100 55 21 38 126 170 1837 ... 457 100 52 25 28 106 146 1888 ... 421 167 60 17 36 94 146 1889 ... 429 76 38 14 31 128 142 1890 ... 420 79 39 16 21 124 141 1891 ... 404 60 37 14 30 91 172 1892 ... 451 87 34 14 29 111 181 1893 ... 440 99 43 15 27 109 147 1894 ... 389 75 44 22 16 84 148 1895 ... 454 78 40 18 27 109 182 Zymotic Rate.—The zymotic death-rate will be 1.7 per 1,009. The number of deaths from infectious or preven- tible disease is 30, a decrease of 50 over last year; an increase of four over 1893; an increase of 15 over 1892; 17 over 1891; of 1 over 1890; of 1 over 1889; and a decrease ot 34 over 1888. Notification of Infectious Disease.—There were 78 cases of infectious disease notified, a decrease of 33 on last year, viz.Smallpox, 19; scarlatina, 13; diphtheria, 12; typhoid fever, 11; erysipelas, 22 ; membranous croup, 1. Scarlatina.—This disease was not epidemic during the year. There were 13 cases notified with one death. In [I’.T.O.