[Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury St Edmunds Borough.

  • Bury St. Edmunds (England). Borough Council. no2007054786.
Date:
1897
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Credit: [Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury St Edmunds Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The number of Deaths during the year from the principal Zymotic Diseases^ that is to say, those that come under the Infectious Diseases Notification Act, amounts to five; seven being the number for the previous year ; of these two were due to Diphtheria, one to Membranous Croup, one to Typhoid Fever, and one to Puerperal Fever. Of the two fatal cases of Diphtheria, one occurred in St. Mary’s Parish, and the other in St. James’. The fatal case of Typhoid P'ever occurred in the Suffolk General Hospital, and was that of a nurse who had been attending to a similar case away and who immediately on returning home to St. James’ Parish, for a rest, went down with the disease, and was removed to the Suffolk General Hospital, where she had received her early training. The single case of Puerperal Fever occurred in St. James’ Parish. The five Deaths due to the above causes are equivalent to a Zymotic Death-rate of *29 per 1,000 of the estimated population, being decidedly less than that of the previous year, viz., *41 per 1,000. The following table of Mortality is derived from that required by the Local Government Board, copies of which are forwarded with this Report to the Town Clerk and to the Clerk of the County Council. It may be considered with the previous table of Deaths according to ages. 1 DISEASES St. Mary’s Parish. Thingoe Union Workhouse Suffolk General Hospital. Isolation Hospital. St. James’ Parish under 1 over , under! over ; under over under over under over 5 yrs. 5 yrs. 5 yrs. 5 yrs. 5 yrs. 5 yrs. 6 yrs. 5 yrs. 5 yrs. 5 yrs. Small Pox ! 0 ! 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scarlatina 0 ! 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Diphtheria 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Membranous Croup ... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . Typhus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 £ Typhoid 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 > Continued 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relapsing: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Puerperal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CLolera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Erysipelas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Measles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wli Doping-cough 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Diarrhoea and Dysentery 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Rheuma'ic Fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ague 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Phthisis 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 Bronchitis, j Pneumonia, 7 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 8 and Pleurisy) Heart Disease 0 6 0 ! 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 Injuries 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 All other diseases 12 35 1 0 13 0 0 26 57 Totals 23 61 2 1 19 0 1 22 1 0 0 46 98 Total Deaths for the year, 271.