[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Hove U.D.C. / Borough.

  • Hove (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Hove U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The percentage of the deaths over 65 years of age to the total deaths was 36'8, the average for the previous 9 years being 35*4. Zymotic Mortality (including Small-Pox, Scarlet Fever, Diph- theria, Measles, Whooping Cough, Enteric Fever and Diarrhoea). The aggregate deaths from these causes were 46, were from Diarrhoea. of which 28 Zymotic death-rate in England and Wales, 1905. IT o\e ... ... ... ... ... • • • 1T4 AVhole of England and Wales • • • 1 -52 ITural ,, ,, • . • 1-09 Great towns «« • 1-88 Smaller towns 1-50 Table showing deaths from Zymotic Diseases during past years. Scarlet Fever. 1 Diphtheria. a . 2 o j Measles. c8 8 A r—1 u o3 ft o Ph r-H *03 Q Tfl Enteric J Fever. Total. Death rate. 1896 3 1 1 23 1 h7 ( 36 IT. 1897 1 13 5 14 28 — 5 66 2-0 1898 1 35 2 1 24 — 7 70 2-0 1899 2 34 5 1 38 — 8 88 2-5 1900 3 3 4 — 22 — 4 36 1-0 1901 2 6 6 10 24 — 3 51 1*4 1902 2 3 3 2 31 — 4 45 1-2 1903 — 2 5 — 19 -— 1 27 07 1904 1 9 jU 1 7 36 — 3 50 1-27 1905 6 12 28 , 46 114 There was an increase in the deaths from Diphtheria (6) and from Whooping Cough (12). The comparatively large number of deaths from Diphtheria was not due to an increase in the cases, nor to a general severity in the type, but rather to special features of the individual cases, in 2 of which tracheotomy was performed, while the other 4 died from heart failure.