[Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester City.

  • Manchester (England). City Council. n 88637066.
Date:
1912
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Credit: [Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Causes of Death, The principal causes of death in 1912 have already been given. The death- rates from the more common causes of death for the whole City and for each of its main divisions are given in Table K. When we compare the rates in 1912 for the whole City with the average rates for 1902-11, we perceive that the greatest improvements have occurred under the heads of Tuberculosis of the Lungs and other forms of Tuberculosis, Diseases of the Digestive Organs, Diarrhoea, and Nervous Diseases. Distinct improvement is manifested under the heads Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Other Respiratory Diseases, Heart Disease, Scarlet Fever, Enteric Fever, Diphtheria, Septic Diseases, Alcoholism, and Prematurity. Turning for the moment to Table J, we find that the number of deaths under one year per 1,000 births is high under the heads of Measles and Whooping Cough, higher than in other recent years from Lung Diseases, and under the heading “ Found dead in bed,” and somewhat higher under Prematurity. It is comparatively low from Diarrhoea, Tuberculous Disease, Convulsions, and Atrophy. A comparison between the rates of infantile mortality at successive periods from various causes is shown in the following figures :— Table 6. Infantile Mortality in the City of Manchester per 1,000 live births. Years 1891-95 ' 1896-00 O 1 H O M 1906-10 1911 1912 All Causes . 186-46 192-16 I72-78 147-28 156-11 122-30 Measles.. 3-9i 6-15 4-12 4-40 4-36 6-n Whooping Cough .. 7-34 6-43 5-79 5-40 2-85 5-61 Other Common Infectious Diseases . 1-32 o-57 0-76 0-76 0-32 °'55 Diarrhoeal Diseases 23-17 38-35 29-50 19-93 45-04 10-95 Tuberculous Diseases .. 11-32 9-63 7-67 5-58 4-14 3'58 Convulsions. 16-68 9-55 9-00 5-90 5-i7 3-36 Other Nervous Diseases 4-49 4-36 3*33 2-30 2-8o 2*20 Lung Diseases other than Phthisis 36-29 33-53 31-10 27-29 2572 27-41 Premature Birth .. 17-32 19-65 21-28 21-07 21-09 21*41 Atrophy, etc. 29-24 3271 28-71 23-98 20-13 I7-0I Suffocation. o-86 0-27 o-37 0-98 2-15 no Found dead in bed (overlaid 6-19 5'8i 4-63 4*03 4-68 4-90