[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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    INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The number of notifications received during the past three years is given in the first, and the case mortality, i.e. the ratio per cent, of deaths to notifica- tions, in the second of the two following tables. Total Number of Notifications. ' Urban Districts. Rural Districts. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1907. 1908. 1909. Smallpox • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ... Scarlet Fever Diphtheria and Membranous ISO 106 233 233 292 355 Croup 81 121 121 318 156 136 Enteric Fever ... 3 8 7 16 30 16 Continued Fever • • ■ • • • • • • Puerperal Fever 2 3 3 5 4 8 Erysipelas 30 30 37 71 59 67 Case Mortality of Notified Diseases. i.e.. Ratio per cent, of Deaths to Notifications. (Fatal cases not otherwise notified have been counted as notified ” for the purpose of this table only.) Urban Districts. Rural Districts. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1907. 1908. 1909 Smallpox ... • • • ... ... ... ... Scarlet Fever 1-33 2.83 •43 •85 •71 .28 Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 7.41 8.26 14.05 6.92 8.33 16.91 Enteric Fever 33-33 37-50 14.28 18.75 13-33 12.50 Continued Fever... ... . . • . . • ... . . • • . • Puerperal Fever ... 50.00 75.00 . . • 80.00 50.00 25.00 Erysipelas 6.45 6.67 5.40 2.82 5.08 4.48 In the following table is given the Urban and Rural Death-rate per i,ooo of population from each of the commoner forms of infectious disease :— Urban Districts. Rural Districts. 1907- 1908. 1909. 1907. 1908. 1909. Smallpox... ... Measles ... .10 •OS .14 .08 .05 •07 Scarlet Fever .04 .05 .02 .01 .01 .01 Whooping Cough Diphtheria and Membranous •25 .02 .09 .14 •13 •03 Croup .11 .18 •30 •17 .10 .18 Enteric Fever ... .02 .05 .02 .02 •03 .02 Influenza... •23 •30 •35 .28 •27 •36 Diarrhoea .27 .28 •23 .21 .20 • 13 Puerperal Fever... .04 .05 •03 .02 .02 Erysipelas .04 •03 •03 .01 .02 .02 Phthisis ... 1.10 .84 1.04 •75 .86 •73 Other Tubercular Diseases .20 •23 •37 •17 .24 •27