[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Berkshire County Council.

  • Berkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Berkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths from Phthisis. DEATHS FROM PHTHISIS Average Rate, 1904-1908. Rate, 1909. Number of Deaths, 1909. URBAN DISTRICTS. I Abingdon Borough •97 1-43 9 2 Maidenhead Borough I-I3 .80 12 5 Newbury Borough ... 1.09 1.00 I I 4 New Windsor Borough .92 .84 12 1; Wallingford Borough 1.24 1.58 4 6 Wantage .99 2-34 9 7 Wokingham Borough* .97* •52 2 RURAL DISTRICTS. I Abingdon •9.=; .78 6 2 Bradfield .85 1.04 16 3 Cookham .81 •35 4 4 Easthampstead .66 •42 7 5 Faringdon .65 •52 6 6 Hungerford ... .76 .62 5 7 Newbury 1.14 1-34 13 8 Wallingford ... .86 .76 4 9 Wantage •95 •54 6 10 Windsor •97 •79 12 II Wokinghamf i-23t •91 13 Urban Districts 1.04 1.04 59 Rural Districts .87 •73 92 County .92 •83 151 • Average rate, 1899-1908, i 07 t Average rate, 1899-1908, 0.97 The following mean annual death rates per i,ooo of population show the remarkable decrease in the mortality from phthisis that has taken place during the past forty years :— Phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis). 1861-70. 1871-80. 1881-90. 1891-1900. England and Wales ... 2.47 2.12 1.72 1.39 Berks (Registration County) 2.37 1.92 1.47 1.15 In the Wallingford and Wokingham Rural Districts a system of voluntary notification of cases of phthisis has been adopted. In the Urban District of Windsor and in the Rural Districts of Bradfield Wallingford and Wokingham, arrangements have been made for the disinfec- tion of rooms which have been occupied by consumptive persons, and in Faringdon Rural District it is the practice to disinfect bedding which has been used by persons suffering from consumption. In Windsor Borough spitting in public places is forbidden by a bye-law and warnings have been issued against the uncleanly habit of expectorathig on the pavements.