[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Flaxton R.D.C.

  • Flaxton (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Flaxton R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CAUSES OF DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1909. There were 70 deaths, as follows (these do not include deaths in Public Institutions in the District, but include deaths of residents occurring in Public Institutions beyond the District) :— Croup, i; Phthisis, 2; other Tubercular Diseases, i; Cancer, 7; Bronchitis, 4; Pneumonia, 9; other diseases of the Respiratory Organs, i ; Cirrhosis of Liver, i ; Premature Birth, 3; Diseases and Accidents of Parturition, i; Heart Diseases, 9;--Suicides, 5; all other causes, 26. For the Flaxton locality there were 18 deaths, against 25 in 1908. For the Dunnington locality there were 21 deaths, against 14 in 1908. For the Skelton locality there were 31 deaths, against 27 in 1908. North Riding Asylum, 78, against 75; Fever Hospital, 4, against 8 in 1908. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1909. There were 30, against 37 in 1908:—Diphtheria, 4; Erysipelas, 8; Scarlet Fever, 12; Enteric Fever, 6. Scarlet Fever (12 cases, against 5 in 1908 and 34 in 1907).— The first case was reported on February 2nd, at Strensall; a child, 4 years of age. Neither the Inspector nor I could trace any cause of the attack. The second case occurred at Wray’s Cottages, Huntington Road, on May 2nd; had been attending school in York to the time of illness; no local cause traceable. The third was notified from Haxby on the 30th May; the patient had been on a visit to Hovingham, and the history pointed to the infection being contracted there. The fourth case occurred on the 5th July, at Wray’s Cottages, and was at once removed to