[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Turton Local Board / U.D.C.

  • Turton (England). Local Board.
Date:
1896
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Credit: [Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Turton Local Board / U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To the Chairman and Members of the Turton District Council: Gentlemen, T beg to submit to you my usual Annual Report of the sickness and mortality, together with a record of the Sanitary work performed, in the Urban Sanitary District of Turton, during the year 1*96. The following tabulated items will convey to you at a glance the sanitary condition of your district as based upon the mortality returns, &c. 1896. Rate per 1895. Rate per Average for 1,000 of 1,000 Of previous 5 population. population. years. Deaths from all causes 92 12.8 108 15.2 14.5 Phthisis 8 1.1 10 1.4 1.26 Bronchitis, Pneumonia, &c. 17 2.3 19 2.6 5P, 3.4 Zyraot5c Diseases 4 0.56 0.56 1.09 Rate per Rate per Deaths under 1,000 1,000 births. births. 5 years in age 32 rrc t/O 1 year in age 22 144.7 24 144.5 136.8 The infant mortali ty is again highei r* than the average, but a review of the causes of death do ec not disclose s ,nv evil influence over which we : can exerci se any direct sanitary control. 1896. Rate ner 1*95. Rate per Average for Births. 1,000 of 1,000 of previous 5 population population. years. 182 21.4 166 21.9 F. j ^r The infectious diseases notified during the year *'rer'N - Scarlatina 7 Causes. Ho deaths. Croup