[Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham R.D.C.

  • Rotherham (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1902
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Credit: [Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Rotherham Rural District Council. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR 1902. Gentlemen, During the year ending December 31st. 1902, 249 deaths occurred in your district, giving a death-rate of 13Y per 1000, the lowest for some years. The death-rate for 1901 was 15'21 per 1000, and for 1900, 15’5 per 1000. The deaths due to Zymotic disease numbered 14, giving the remarkably low Zymotic death- rate of 736 per 1000 of estimated population, against 1.47 for the previous year. Diphtheria accounted for 5 deaths, Measles for 4, Whooping Cough for 3, Puerperal Fever and Erysipelas each for 1. There were 14 deaths due to accidental causes, and 2 from suicide. The death-rate from Phthisis was -421, and of other respiratory diseases 2-52. The deaths of children under 1 year of age numbered 81. This gives an infant mortality of 125-77 per 1000 births, against 183-35 for 1901.