[Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Withington Local Board District / U.D.C.

  • Withington (England). Local Board.
Date:
1900
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Credit: [Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Withington Local Board District / U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table VI. Causes of death under one year of age. 1900 Corre¬ sponding figures for 1899. I. Pulmonary diseases. Bronchitis, &c. 9 5 f Measles . 3 I Whooping cough. 1 I II. Infectious diseases...^ Influenza . 0 I Tuberculosis. 5 2 1 Venereal diseases. 5 0 [Diarrhoea . 5 16 III. Diet diseases .- Wasting and gastro intestinal catarrh . 8 II ^Convulsions . 8 13 (Premature birth and IV. Congenital diseases.. debility . 17 II , Spina bifida . I 0 f Intussnscention . 0 I V. Other causes .-[ Injuries . (Not classified . 3 I 10 3 75 66 With regard to the five deaths due to tuberculosis, two were of the abdominal and three of the cerebral form of the disease. As in all five cases the infection was undoubtedly taken from without, it appears possible that tuberculous milk was the cause of the disease, the stomach being the most usual path I believe, by which tuberculosis gains the system in the early months of life. III. Diet diseases, including diarrhoea, shows a marked im¬ provement when compared with the figures of 1899. The death-rates per thousand births for the past four years, are as follows:— Year 1897 1898 *899 1900 Rate 30. 55. 63. 31.