[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Stainland-with-Old-Lindley Urban Sanitary Authority.

  • Stainland-with-Old-Lindley (England). Urban Sanitary Authority.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Stainland-with-Old-Lindley Urban Sanitary Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SCARLET FEVER. I am pleased to report a decrease in this department. In the year 1897 there were 19 cases notified as against 7 cases this year, these all occurred during the first half of the year, and when the winter approached we were quite free. This is an exception, as the month of November is generally fraught with out-breaks of Scarlet Fever, all our cases terminated favourably. It will be seen that there were more cases of Scarlet Fever reported last year, than the whole of the Infectious diseases reported this year. MUMPS. Several cases have been under treatment but at present there are not many to be found. MORTALITY AT GROUPS OF AGES. The 1898 deaths in your district included the following :— 18 under 1 year of age. 12 between the ages of 1 and 5 years. 2 2 17 y y y y 5 „ 15 15 „ 25 25 „ 65 22 in persons upwards of 65 years of age. This shows that 25 per cent of the deaths occurred in Infants under 12 month old. The Infantile Mortality reached 177 per 1000, being very high.