[Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Penrith U.D.C.

  • Penrith (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1906
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Credit: [Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Penrith U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In making- this estimate I have excluded all the deaths at the Workhouse, and also the deaths of non-residents, so that a reasonable approximation may be made of the mortality of each Ward. The chief reason for the larger death-rate of the North Ward ap¬ pears to be the larg-e proportion of old people who retire and live in the streets of this part ot the town. Classification of Deaths according to Age. (a) Under one year. There have been 20 deaths of infants, giving an Infantile death-rate of 96.77. This is lower than last year, and consider¬ ably below the average, as can be seen from Table I. The causes of death, given in Table V., do not call for much com¬ ment, except that there were no deaths from Zymotic disease, and we have not had any mortality for some years from that fatal scourge of infants, Zymotic Enteritis. There are three deaths from Tubercular Meningitis, but no other deaths from Tubercular disease. (b) One year and under five years. There are no deaths. (c) Five years and under fifteen years. Four deaths have occurred at these ages—one from Tubercle, one from Acute Infective Bone Disease, one from Poison, and another stated to be “ probably Epilepsy.” (d) Fifteen and under twenty-five years. Here there are three deaths only, of which two are from Phthisis. (e) Twenty-five and under sixty-five years. At these ages fifty-four deaths are recorded, of which eight are due to Phthisis, six to Cancer, thirteen to Diseases of the Heart, three to Accident, and the remainder to varying causes. (f) Sixty-five years and over. Fifty-one deaths have been registered at these ages, of which the only considerable number occur from Cancer (9), Senile Decay (11), and Heart Diseases (6). Four deaths were of persons over 85 years of age, and the oldest person was 94 years. Analysis of the Cause of Death. Zymotic Disease. There are two deaths coming under this heading : one due to In¬ fluenza, and another, of an infant, due to Tetanus, probably from infec¬ tion of the umbilical cord. This gives a total Zymotic death-rate of 0.21 per 1000, which is a very small and satisfactory one. Constitutional Disease. There are 33 deaths under this heading, of which, as usual, Phthisis and Cancer account for the largest number ; the remainder (3) are due to Pernicious Anaemia and Exopthalmic Goitre.