[Report 1893] / Medical Officer of Health, Hindley Local Board / U.D.C.

  • Hindley (Wigan, England). Local Board.
Date:
1893
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Credit: [Report 1893] / Medical Officer of Health, Hindley Local Board / U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Detailed Account of Deaths. Scarlet Fever has been epidemic in your district now for nearly two years, more or less, 29 and 25 deaths occurring during 1893 and 189 2 respectively. None of the deaths were at Hindley Green or Platt Bridge this year, in fact both these places were very tree Lorn the disease. In Hindley the disease was most prevalent during the summer, and again during the last quarter of the year. Smallpox, Diphtheria, Typhus Fever, and Cholera, Nil. T Membranous Croup caused 3 deaths. 2 in Hindley and 1 in Platt Bridge. Puerperal Fever, 3 deaths. 2 Hindley, 1 Platt Bridge Measles and Whooping Cough. The usual epidemic of Measles followed by a little Whooping Cough : — Deaths from 1893 1ft 92 1891 Measles 13 6 20 Whooping Cough 5 11 23 All the deaths (Measles) were in Platt Bridge and occurred in the summer. Typhoid Fever and Diarrhoea caused 37 deaths as follows : — Hindley. Hindley Green. Platt Bridge. Total. Typhoid 5 1 17 Diarrhoea - 13 1 16 30 1 he Typhoid deaths were in February, 1; April, 2; June, 1; July, 1; September, 1 and December, 1. 5 in Hindley and 1 each in Hindley Green and Platt Bridge. Diarrhoea, &c., was most prevalent during June, July, August and September, the hottest months of a remarkable summer. Typhoid Fever and Intestinal disorders have been prevalent nearly all over England during the year, possibly owing somewhat to the season’s excessive heat and consequent dryness, it being a well-known fact that these diseases increase after a hot summer, almost in direct proportion to the heat One source of infection in similar districts to your own being derived from the old fashioned Lancashire pattern ashpit, which, as you know, is usually large, unroofed, 3 or 4 feet deeper than the level ot the ground and uncemented, therefore porous, and allowing any infected liquid to percolate through the surrounding soil for any distance, thus infect-