Report on the sanitary condition of Leeds for the year 1870.

  • Robinson, M.K.
Date:
1871
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report on the sanitary condition of Leeds for the year 1870. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    00 c -a (j3 CD 3 C/3 -u B ~ o S a- <2 | 8 O | 3 3r, /■d — Infant mortality always forms the principal factor in the total deaths, because the hold on life during the first year of existence is too feeble to resist successfully diseases, with which the adult may grapple without succumbing to their influence. The vital tenacity of infants diminishes as we proceed back to the commencement of life ; the mortality, according to the Registrar General’s returns, reaching during the first month of life to 57 per cent, of those living at that age. The following table exhibits the number of deaths referred to the principal zymotics during the last five years :— DISEASES. 1SGG 1867 1868 1869 1870 Small Pox 59 46 17 42 9 Measles 219 28 95 26 179 Scarlatina 98 71 181 337 339 Diptheria 27 28 2S 18 23 Croup 98 71 81 49 44 WLooping Cough 242 168 79 75 187 Fever, including Typhus, Pnteric, Relapsing, and ) [490 257 314 237 345 Continued Fever ) Diarrhoea 423 407 739 414 657 Other Zymotics 84 81 97 92 106 Totals 1745 1157 1631 1290 1SS9 Of the 9 deaths occasioned by small pox last year, 4 occurred in the North, and 1 in the South Registration District of the Leeds Township, 3 in Wortley, and 1 in Bramley. Three died under 1 year of age, 2 under 5, 1 under 30, and 3 under 40. Six of the 9 deaths took place in persons reported to be not vaccinated, and 1 of the deaths after vaccination was said to have been practised. The other 2 deaths were of persons on whom it was not ascertained whether vaccination had been performed or omitted. The Leeds Board of Guardians deserve the thanks of the public for the firmness displayed ia administering the Vaccination Amendment Act, and in the Lee of an epidemic in the country, the several Beards of Guardians within the Borough will do well, not only to continue their exertions in enforcing early vaccina-