[Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-in-Makerfield U.D.C.

  • Ashton-in-Makerfield (England). Urban District Council. n 78087965.
Date:
1895
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    ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL Jldrttal <Mtcer of Annual Report for 1895. Ashton-in-Makerfield, 8th February, 1896. Me. Chairman and Gentlemen, In presenting to you my Annual Report for the twenty-second time, I beg to append, as usual, the official Tables A and B of the Local Government Board, and also Table C of the County Council. The zymotic diseases most prevalent were Enteric Fever, with some Scarlatina and Puerperal; and of those not notifiable we had some Measles, Whooping Cough, and Diarrhoea. The general death rate as calculated upon a population of 14,849 as estimated to the middle of the year was 21-9 per 1,000, against 17'5 for the previous year; 22'3 for 1893. The mean for the decade (1885-1894) being 200. The marked difference in the last year being at once evident in the causes being referred more particularly to respiratory diseases and Diarrhoea. The zymotic death rate, consequently, is a little higher—to the extent of '8 per 1,000—being a fraction over 3 0 against 2-2, and against 41 in 1893. The mean for the previous decade being 2'5. The Births registered were 698, equal to a rate per 1,000 of 47 0, against 39 7 in 1894, and 45'8 in 1893. The decade showing a mean of 42’7,. C. B. R. for 1894, 29'6. Registered Births Males, 344 Females, 354 Total, 698 „ Deaths ,, 166 „ 160 „ 326 178 194 372 Three persons died within the area not belonging thereto, and two persons belonging the district died outside of it, so that the net increment is 373, bringing the population as estimated to 1st January, 1896, to 14,985. Mortality at subjoined ages : Deaths under. I year, 141; one year and under 5, 55; total under 5, 196; 5 and under 15, 7 ; 15 to 35, 16 ; 25 to 60, 51 60 and upwards, 56 ; total over 5, 130 ; gross total, 326. The Infantile Death Rate is 201 per 1,000, against 162 in 1894 and 200 in 1893 ; the mean for the previous decade being 153. This death rate, as I have often pointed out fluctuates very considerably, and as a rule its abnormal elevation is associated with a marked mortality from zymotic causes. From the subjoined table it will be seen at a glance how the infantile and zymotic rates were influenced, and to which I shall refer later. Measles Age 3r> days aDd under. From that to under 1 year. 1 Total. 1 Whooping Cough 1 3 4 Diarrhoea 4 14 18 Zymotic 5 ... 18 23 Wasting’ Diseases of Infancy ... 25 ... 18 43 Convulsive ditto. 3 5 8 Tubercular Disease 4 7 11 Respiratory Disease 6 ... 26 32 Gastro Enteritis 3 21 24 46 ... 95 141