[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge U.D.C.

  • Stourbridge (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Infantile Mortality .— There were 63 deaths of children under 1 year of age :— Stourbridge • • • • • • 44 Wollaston • • • • • • 9 Upper Swinford 10 The percentage of deaths in children under 1 year to births registered was 13*58, compared with 12*39 for last year. The average number of deaths in children under 1 year for previous 9 years is 67. The percentage rates for previous years and the percentage rates in England were as follows :— No. of Percentage Year. Deaths. Percentage. England and Wales. 1895 70 15*0 16*i 1896 63 14*1 14*8 i897 82 17'7 15-6 1898 74 16 *2 16*0 i899 68 14*1 16*3 1900 77 16*4 15.4 1901 72 15*0 15'1 1902 5i 10*9 U'3 1903 58 12*39 Table showing causes of Infantile Deaths and Months in which they occurred. CAUSE. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apl May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec Total Premature Birth 2 4 I I 1 I 3 13 Diarrhoea , . # , . , . , . , 6 2 . . 8 Broncho-Pneumonia .. 1 I I , , I . , I 2 . , 7 Measles . , I , . 2 1 . , I , , , , , , 5 Debility .. . . . . , . . . . • I 1 1 . . 2 5 Rickets . « , . • . . , • . I , , 2 3 Congenital Heart Dis. • • I . . . . I • • • • 2 Inanition .. • • . , I . . 1 . . , , • • 2 Dentition .. , . I , # t # # # . , , . 1 2 Suffocation . , „ • . . # , 1 , , 1 . . 2 Spmia Bifida . . • • . . • . • . 1 I 0 Bronchitis • . • • . , • , , . • « . . I I 2 Marasmus , , I % , # , „ # , . , , 1 Intestinal Tuberculosis , , # # I 1 Imperfect Aeration of Lungs .. I 1 Pulmonary Tuber¬ culosis 1 1 Jaundice .. • • 1 • • . . . . 1 Pneumonia . . . . . . . • I • • • 1 Convulsions , , . . , , , . I , , • . 1 Whooping Cough . . . . I 1 Congenital Obliter¬ ation of Bile Duct . I 1 Difficult Birth • • • • • • I • • 1 Total 1 3 5 5 9 5 3 10 5 I 8 8 63