[Report 1891] / Medical Officer of Health, Birmingham.

  • Birmingham (England). Council.
Date:
1891
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Credit: [Report 1891] / Medical Officer of Health, Birmingham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PATE. Cases. Deaths. Smallpox— 1885. continued. 1st Quarter 69 12 2nd ... 4 0 3rd „ .. . ... 9 0 4 til Total ... 2 84 0 12 1886. 1st Quarter 1 0 2ud 1 0 3rd 0 0 4th Total 0 2 0 0 1887. 1st Quarter 0 0 2nd 1 1 3rd 1 0 4th Total 10 12 1 2 1888. 1st Quarter 13 0 2nd „ 4 0 3rd „ 1 0 4tn , Total .. 0 18 0 0 1889. 1st Quarter 0 0 2nd 0 0 3rd 0 0 4 th ,, Total 0 0 0 0 1890. 1st Quarter ... 0 0 2nd „ 0 0 3rd 0 0 4th „ Total .. 0 0 0 0 1891. 1st Quarter ... 1 0 2nd „ ... ... 15 0 3rd „ ... ... . . 23 2 4th „ 8 5 Total — 47 7 (irand Total .. , 9,796 1,507 Influenza. Included in the Deaths allocated to Class I. are 214 influenza, primarily referred to Influenza. Of these, 204 occurred in the second quarter. The disease first appeared in the Mortality returns for the week ending May 2nd, when one Death was registered. In the five following weeks the Deaths numbered 9, 26, 25, 37, and 46 respectively. Then came a sudden decrease, 17, 20, 15, and 8 being the numbers for the remain- ing weeks of the quarter, while in the whole of the next quarter only 9 Deaths were registered. Coincidently with the