[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Kearsley D.C.

  • Kearsley (England). District Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Kearsley D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Barnfield House, Stoneclough, Nr. Manchester, February 9th, 1899. To the Chairman and Members of the Rears ley District Council. Gentlemen, The number of Deaths registered in your district during 1898 was 160, being at the rate of 16*66 per 1000 per annum, against 15*46 in 1897 and 21*17 The highest numbers were 20 in September and 18 in April, and the lowest, 7 in February land 8 in November. Bronchitis and other diseases of the lungs [ire the chief causes, giving 34 against 29 and 37 in the two previous years. Congenital Debility caused 21 against 20 and 28. Heart Disease was more destructive than usual, causing 12 deaths in place of 6 the year before ; Diarrhoea ditto, causing 10 in place of 7 ; and also Typhoid, giving 9 in place of 2. Consumption on the other hand wTas less prevalent, causing only 8 deaths instead of 12. Whooping Cough caused 3 against none, and Injuries 2 in place of 4. Fifty-eight Deaths occurred under 1, 13 between r and 5, 5 between 5 and 15, 11 between 15 and 25, 47 between 25 and 65, and 26 over that age. Except for children under one, where there is a large excess, these figures are much as in 1897. The rate for children under one to every 1000 born in the district is 196*6 in place of 153*2 in 1897, and 216*5 in 1896. This is again too high and is due in great part to improper feeding and mothers leaving their children when very young to work in the