[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Paul U.D.C.

  • Paul (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Paul U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 The following table gives the death-rates for the district and separate localities during the last seven years :— Population. Deaths. Death=rates. Census, 1891. 1898. 1898. 1897. 1896. 1895. 1894. 1893. 1892. NEWLYN ... 3,323 50 15.05 15.35 11.74 14.44 16.6 21.06 13.54 MOUSEHOLE ... ... 1,602 30 18.73 18.73 18.73 13.1 14.4 14.35 12.48 COUNTRY DISTRICT ... 1,036 21 20.27 17.37 13.51 29.92 16.45 24.13 18.34 5,961 101 16.97 16.68 13.92 16.83 15.97 19.79 14.09 INFLUENZA, &c. As in neighbouring districts, Influenza was prevalent during the first 3 months of the year. The disease was at its height during February, when 2 deaths at Newlyn and 2 at Mousehole occurred. Another death at Mousehole in March brought the total mortality of the epidemic to 5. The youngest death from this cause was at 50 years of age. Nine deaths from respiratory diseases (out of the year’s total of 22) took place during February and March, in addition to 2 (out of the year’s list of 7) from Phthisis. The deaths were particularly numerous in February, and especially among the aged (at 65 years and npwards). Penzance records show that January was a sunless, humid month, and that in February 26 out of 28 were “ rainy days,” and it is noteworthy that the record of mortality within that town for February is (even in detail) of a like character to that within our own district. Summer Diarrhoea. Two deaths took place in August (1 in Newlyn, 1 in Mousehole), and 2 in September (both at Newlyn), making 4 in all from this cause. The deaths were at 3 months, 4 months, 7 months, and 8 months of age. At the same time Diarrhoea was prevalent in neighbouring districts. \Nhooping Cough. Whooping Cough was prevalent in the district as in adjoining ones during the last few months of the year. Two deaths occurred in Newlyn in November, and 1 in December, making 3 in all (all under 1 year of age). Newlyn. This year, as in 1897 and 1896, Newlyn has again assigned to it the lowest death- rate of the 3 localities into which our district is divided. Here one more death than in 1897 gives a slightly advanced death-rate. The occurrence of 3 (out of the 4) deaths from Infantile Diarrhoea at Newlyn, and of the 3 from Whooping Cough, raises its Infantile mortality. Among other deaths were the 2 from Influenza above noted, 10 from ordinary respiratory diseases (including 5 among infants), 4 from Phthisis, 2 from Heart Disease, 3 from Cancer, and 3 from Whooping Cough (under 1 year of age). Of notified diseases 3 cases of Scarlet Fever (1 fatal), 1 of Diphtheria (fatal), and 2 cases of Typhoid were reported to me during the year. The case of Diphtheria (at Newlyn Town) was associated with imperfect drainage. Mousehole. The death-rate for Mousehole is the same as in the two preceding years. The mortality under 5 years of age is low, but for age-periods between 5 and 65 there are more deaths recorded than in either of the other localities within the district.