[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Beeston U.D.C.

  • Beeston (Nottinghamshire, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1911
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Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Beeston U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following are the causes of the deaths that occurred during the year (see Table III at the end of the Report), Enteric fever 2; Whooping cough 3 ; Diphtheria i ; Influenza i ; Phthisis 9; other Tuberculous diseases 6; Cancer 10; Bronchitis 13; Broncho- pneumonia 9; (all other forms) i ; other diseases of Respiratory organs i ; Diarrhoea and Enteritis 16 ; Nephritis and Brights disease 9 ; Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition 2 ; Congenital Debility and Premature Birth 11; Violent deaths 5; Heart disease 7; Apoplexy 6; Other causes 21. Zymotic or Epidemic Death-rate.—The number of deaths under this heading has been materially increased this year by the addition of 16 deaths from epidemic diarrhoea. These, with 3 from enteric fever, 3 from whooping cough, i from Diphtheria, and i from Influenza make a total of 23 zymotic deaths, and represents a zymotic death-rate of 2’02 per 1000 per annum, as compared with an average of r63 for the last 10 years. The deaths may be tabulated as follows:— 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 Under i year ... 30 32 26 32 27 41 30 47 23 25 I year and under 5 ... 14 15 6 9 24 16 15 17 5 9 5 years and under 15 ••• 5 4 4 I I I 4 5 12 6 4 15 years and under 25 ... 7 I 3 6 4 4 5 7 6 5 25 years and under 65 ... 44 35 29 31 38 30 31 35 41 28 65 and upwards ... 38 30 31 32 37 23 30 37 31 25 138 117 99 III 141 118 II6 155 112 97 Of the 38 deaths occurring in persons over 65 years of age, 8 were between 65 and 70, 20 between 60 and 80 and 10 between 80 and 90. Infantile Mortality.—In spite of the somewhat severe epidemic of diarrhoea which prevailed during the exceptionally hot and dry summer weather, the number of deaths in infants under i year of age is less than in the previous year when exactly the opposite atmospheric conditions prev'ailed. In the year under review 1911, 30 deaths under 12 months of age were registered. The highest figures during the past 10 years were 47 in 1904 and the lowest 23 in 1903. This gives an Infantile mortality rate of 98'6 per 1000 births registered. That is to say if 1000 children had been born in Beeston during the year, 98 would have died during the first year of their existence. The average for the previous ten years is io6’5. Following my usual plan, I give in tabular form the cause of deaths in infants, and compare with the previous 10 years: —