[Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, Winsford U.D.C.

  • Winsford (Cheshire, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1917
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Credit: [Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, Winsford U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Age, Incidence & Distribution of Cases of Notifiable Disease. All Under 1 to 5 to 15 to 25 to 45 to 65 & n Whar- Rem’v’d Ages, 1. 5. 15. 25. 45. 65. upw’rds. * ton. toH’sp't’l Diphtheria . 42 ... 10 23 7 1 1 ... 39 3 33 Erysipelas . 7 . 2 3 2 ... 6 1 Scarlet Fever ... 2 ... 2 . Ill Enteric . 2 . 1 1 . 2 ... 2 Phthisis . 15 ... 1 1 7 5 1 ... 10 5 2 Other Tuberculosis ... 12* 1 2 5 1 3 5 7* — Ophthalmia Neonatorum .. 8 8 . 8 . Measles ...253 7 134 109 3 . 221 32 including 2 patients in Albert Infirmary from *To Sanatorium, outside the District. _ Monthly Incidence of Diseases. Ophthalmia Diphtheria. Scarlet Fever. Enteric. Erysipelas. Neonatorum. 1917. January ... — — 1 1 — February ... — — — — — March — — 1 1 —• April i 1 — — 3 May — — — — 2 June Q O ■ — —— — — July 3 — — 1 — August 5 — — — — September 11 1 — -— 1 October 6 — — 1 — November 5 -— —- 2 — December 8 — — 1 2 Total in 1917 42 2 2 7 8 Deaths under 1 Year (18 males, 12 females) Deaths under 1 Year per 1,000 births: — England and Wales 96 Great Towns, including London (Census Populations exceeding 50,000) .. 148 Smaller Towns (Census Popula¬ tions 20,000—50,000) London ... Winsford . Administrative County of Cheshire ... 30 (number) 97 (rate) 104 (rate) 93 (rate) 103 (rate) 1^1 (rate) 86 (rate)