[Report 1878] / Medical Officer of Health, Craven (Combined) Sanitary Districts.

  • Craven Combined Sanitary Districts.
Date:
1878
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Credit: [Report 1878] / Medical Officer of Health, Craven (Combined) Sanitary Districts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table III. Table sliowiug number of deaths certified by registered medical practitioners, uncerti- fied deaths, and inquests, with their per centagc to total deaths in 1878. Deaths. Per centage of total deaths. Certified 176 92-1 Uncertified 11 5-7 Inquests .. 4 2-0 Table IV. Table shewing the mortality from certain classes of diseases, and proportions to population, and to 1000 deaths, 1878. ' Total deaths. Deaths per 1000 of population. Proportion of deaths to 1000 deaths. 1. Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases 20 2-3 104 2. Pulmonary Diseases {other than Phthisis) 35 4-1 183 3. Tubercidar Diseases 23 2-7 120 4. Wasting Diseases of Infants 14 1-4 64 5. Convidsive Diseases of Infants 20 2-3 104 Notes. ■ 1. Includes Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Fever, and Diarrhoea. 3. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, and Tabes. 4. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, want of Breast Milk, and Premature Birth. 5. Includes Hydrocephalus, Infantile Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething. Table V. Table shewing the number of deaths from the seven principal zymotic diseases in the four years 1874-77 and in the year 1878. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. Annual average of 4 years 1874-77. 1878. Proportion of deaths to 1000 deaths, 1878. Smallpox 2 3 1'25 Measles 8 ... 3 2-75 ... Scarlet Fever 1 11 1 ... 3-25 1 5-2 Diphtheria 2 ... •5 1 5-2 Whooping Cough ... 2 2 1-0 3 15-7 Fever 3 4 1 2-0 6 31-4 Dian’hoea 5 6 10 3 6-0 9 47-1