[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Withington Local Board District / U.D.C.

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

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    perhaps due to some extent to the precautions which are now carried out as frequently as possible. Eleven deaths occurred from 1,4 other tubercular diseases,” three in Withington, four in Didsbury and four in Chorlton-cum-Hardy. Eight of the eleven were in children under five years of age. Cancer and allied diseases account for 31 deaths: 10 in Withington, 9 in Didsbury, 10 in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, and 2 in Burnage. There is no evidence to show that these diseases are increasing in frequency in this district. Deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs reached the large number of 85, compared with 50 in 1903 and 73 in 1902. It has been previously seen that the mortality from pulmonary complaints has been much greater in children during the past year than in the previous one. Alcoholism caused 11 deaths, which is almost the same number as in 1903. There were 5 in Withington, 2 in Didsbury, 3 in Chorlton-cum- Hardy, and one in Burnage. This disease is not showing any signs of diminution. The next table presents the death-rates per thousand of the estimated population from the principal diseases, together with the corresponding death-rates of 1901, 1902, and 1903, the first being a census year and the rates calculated for the period necessarily correct. Death-rates per thousand of the population. 1901 to 1904. Name of Disease. 1901 i >02 1903 1904 Measles 0 02 0 48 0 10 o- 02 Scarlet fever 0 02 0 20 0 08 0 08 Whooping cough 0 14 0 02 0 33 0 24 Diphtheria and membranous croup 0 17 0 17 0 05 0 OS Enteric fever 0 02 0 02 0 02 o- 05 Epidemic influenza 0 29 0 30 0 13 0 18 Diarrhoea 0 70 0 08 0 19 0 18 Phthisis 0 70 0 77 1 05 0 78 Other tubercular diseases . . 0 50 0 31 0 38 0 29 Cancer, malignant diseases 1 08 0 91 0 97 0 85 Diseases of the respiratory organs 1 97 2 08 1 38 2 29 Alcoholism, cirrhosis of liver 0 11 0 22 0 27 0 29 Heart diseases 1 55 1 02 1 00 1 21 Of these death-rates the most striking is that relating to diseases of the respiratory organs, which is larger than any during the previous three years.