[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

  • Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Year. Total number of cases notified. Sickness-rate per 1,000 of population. 1895 156 4 02 1896 ... 223 5 64 1897 213 5 29 1898 142 3 46 *899 157 376 1900 ... 148 3‘48 1901 ... 206 4 74 1902 197 4'45 i9°3 118 2 62 i9°4 137 2-99 Average for 10 years 1697 4-04 1905 142 3'05 A complete table, giving details of the various diseases notified from January, 1901, to December, 1905, divided and sub-divided according to years and quarters, is given in the appendix. As regards the occurrence of Notifiable Diseases in Eastbourne, a table in the appendix shows the notifications week by week. The greatest number in any one week was ten in the last week of October. The same week in the previous year also provided the greatest number of cases in any one week. In two weeks in January and one each in February, March, May, July, September, and October there were no cases to report to the Local Government Board. The cases occurred in the succeeding quarters as follows :— Cases. Rates. 1st Quarter... 20 1*7 2nd „ 33 2-8 3rd „ ... 27 2’3 4th 62 5*3