[Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City.

  • Nottingham (England). City Council.
Date:
1894
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Credit: [Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths from Influenza, 1893. DURING- THE WEEK ENDING Registration Sub-Distiict. Oct. 21 Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Nov. 25 Dec. 2 Dec. 9 Dec. 16 Dec. 23 Dec. 30 JaD. 6 Jan. 13 Bulwell.. Basford.. 1 1 2 • • 1 N.W. .. 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 • * N.E. .. • • 1 • • • • 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 • • • • S.W. .. 2 • • 2 S.E. .. 1 • • • • 1 3 4 3 • • • • 1 Wilford.. Totals .. • • 1 • • 1 2 3 8 9 10 7 3 i 1 Deaths from Influenza, 1894. Registration Sub-District. DURING THE WEEK ENDING Jan. 6 Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Feb. 10 ■ Feb. 17 Bulwell • • • • • • • • • • • • Basford • • • • • • • • 1 • • N.W. 1 • • • • 1 • • N.E. • • 1 • • 1 S.W. • • • • 2 • • • • S.E. • • 1 1 i • • 1 Wilford • * • • • • • • • • • • 1 Totals 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 The accompanying tables show the number and the distri¬ bution of the fatal cases in Nottingham during the epidemic periods of the past five years, but it must be remembered that, although the numbers may indicate fairly by their relative magni¬ tude the respective severity of the epidemics, they fail altogether to show the actual mortality occasioned by them. This can only be estimated by comparing the numbers of deaths from respiratory and heart diseases, and some others which are found to increase in fatality with the prevalence of influenza, during years in which the latter is respectively present and absent. This comparison I have made in former reports; I shall therefore content myself here with a simple statement of the facts. Constitutional Diseases.—The variations which the population has undergone of late years, through fluctuation in