[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans Urban Sanitary District.

  • St. Albans (England). Urban Sanitary District.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans Urban Sanitary District. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It is well to note, that as 8 of the deaths for which I received registration returns in January 1909, really took place in December 1908, and 5 deaths in the returns for January 1910, really occurred in December 1909, the number of deaths which actually took place in 1909 w.is 230. Of the total deaths, 28 were of children under one year of age, against 30 in 1908, The number of deaths amongst children between the ages of 1 and 5 was 8, against 9 in the previous year, and ot children between 5 and 15 there were 12 deaths, against 7 in 1908. There were 6 deaths of persons between the ages of 15 and 25, and 72 deaths of those between 25 and 65, while in 1908 the figures for these ages were 14 and 60 respectively There were 107 deaths of persons over 65 years, compared with 83 in the previous year, giving a senile death rate of 5*7, against 4*5 in 1908. There was therefore a slight decrease in the deaths amongst infants, an increase in the deaths amongst older children, a great decrease in the deaths amongst young people, and a considerable increase in the deaths amongst middle aged and especially amongst old people. There were 14 deaths from Pneumonia, against 2 in 1908 ; 33 from Bronchitis and diseases of the Eespitatory System, against 27 in the previous year; 45 from diseases of the Heart and Blood Vessels, against 32 in 1908 ; and 2^0 from diseases of the Nervous System, against 19 in the year preceding There were 11 deaths from Phthisis and 6 from other Tubercular diseases, against 20 from Phthisis and 3 from other Tubercular affections in 1908; and 20 from Cancer and malignant disease, compared with 24 in the previous year. There were 7 deaths from various Zymotic diseases, comprising I from Measles, 2 from Whooping Cough, 2 from Diphtheria, and 2 from epidemic or summer Diarrhoea. In 1908 there were 12 deaths from Zymotic disease, in¬ cluding 2 from Scarlet Fever and 4 from Diphtheria. Our Zymotic death rate was therefore last year *37, while in the year before it was *65. There were 2 deaths directly attributed to Alcoholism. 4here were 70 deaths from various other diseases, including 26 from Senile Decay. There was an increase in the number of deaths from Bronchitis and Heart disease, a great increase in the number of deaths from Hiieumonia, and a decrease in the deaths from Tubercle, Cancer, and Zymotic disease. There were 4 deaths from Accident during the year ; one of a man aged 39, who died in January in the Union Infirmary from “ Septicemia the result of injury accidentally sustained,” a second of a young man of 22, who was “ accidentally d:owned ” on May 22nd, another of a boy aged 13, who died in the Workhouse in October from “Punctured wound of foot accidentally caused. Tetanus,” and a fourth of a mail of 32 years of age, who died in December in the Hospital from “ Injuries accidentally caused,’^ There was one case of Suicide, that of a woman