[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-upon-Mersey U.D.C.

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

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    ASKTON-upon-MERSBY URBAN DISTRICT, Medical Officer of Ke^ th - Dr, Charles J. Renshaw, Population at Census 1891 Estimated Population 1898 Area in acres. Birth rate per 1000 living Death rate per 1000 living 4, 234 5,260 1,622 d //-/ Death rate for seven principal zymotic diseases 3- Deaths under one year to 1000 ^ (.^c^ 'X'X . oUcit^ 4th, Annual Report, /33 Cases of Infectious diseases noCified. Scarlet fever ~ 6 cases - one fatal Diphtheria - 9 cases - two fatal Typhoid fever - peases Erysipelas - 6 cases /yy /s Measles cases - ^ fatal Diarrhoea (not notified fatal Whooping cough 7 cases /('-t n /u ^ n During January, three cases of Diphtheria,^ these cases occuri’ed in one house and were traced to importation. The Local Board* s attention was called to this,’ a child in the same house suffered from a very slight attack in October, this case was also supposed to be imported, on each occasion very careful search was made for any possible cause of infection on the premises, but none was found.