Dr. S.W. Wheaton's report to the Local Government Board on enteric fever in the Ilkeston registration sub-district / [S.W. Wheaton].

  • Wheaton, S. W.
Date:
1899
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Credit: Dr. S.W. Wheaton's report to the Local Government Board on enteric fever in the Ilkeston registration sub-district / [S.W. Wheaton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OFFICIAL COPY. Dr. S. W. Wheaton’s Report to the Local Government Board on Enteric fever in the Ilkeston Registration Sub-district. Richd. Thorne Thorne, Medical Officer, July 4th, 1899. The Return of the Registrar-General for the fourth Quarter of the year 1897, showed that were 16 deaths from enteric fever in the Ilkeston Sub¬ district in that quarter, the deaths for the four preceding quarters having been six, three, five, and two, respectively. Again, the return for the fourth quarter of the year 1898, showed 25 deaths from enteric fever in the Sub-district, the deaths registered in the four preceding quarters, having been 16, 7y 1 and 4 respectively. These facts pointed to a very heavy incidence of enteric fever on the sub-district, and I was therefore instructed to make inquiry into the circum¬ stances with which the enteric fever had been associated. I commenced the inquiry on February 21st, 1899. The Ilkeston Sub-district comprises the Borough of Ilkeston, the Urban District of Heanor, and the parishes of Trowell, Cossal, and Shipley; which are included in the Basford Rural District. The Basford Rural District comprises altogether 36 parishes—some of which are in the County of Derby, others in the County of Nottingham. The parishes of Trowell and Cossal are situate in the County of Nottingham, the remainder of the sub-district is in the County of Derby. The total population of the sub¬ district in 1891 consisted of 31,455 persons, of which 19,744 resided in the Borough of Ilkeston, 9,779 in the Urban District of Heanor, and the remaining 1,932 in the three parishes which are included in the Basford Rural District. I.—ENTERIC FEVER IN THE BOROUGH OF ILKESTON. (a.) General Sanitary Condition of the Borough.—The district under the control of the Town Council of Ilkeston has an area of 2,526 acres. The whole of the district is situate in the County of Derby, and is coterminous with the parish of Ilkeston. The population in 1871 consisted of 9,662 persons only, in 1881 it consisted of 14,122 persons, in 1891 of 19,744 persons ; and the population in the middle of the year 1898 was estimated at 25,500 persons, living in 5,020 dwellings. Owing to the extensive opening up of collieries in the neighbourhood the population has increased rapidly of late years, and by reason of the abundant opportunities for employment there is very little poverty. The town is grouped about one main street, two miles in length, which extends along a ridge of elevated ground from north to south. This ridge is situate between two streams, the river Erewash on the ^ast and LONDON: PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE, By DARLING & SON, Ltd., 1-3, Great St. Thomas Apostle, E.C. \nd to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE, East Harding Street, Fleet Street, E.C., and 32, Abingdon Street, Westminster, S.W.; or JOHN MENZIES & Co., 12, Hanover Street, Edinburgh, and 90, West Nile Street, Glasgow; or HODGES, FIGOIS, & Co., Limited, 104, Grafton Street, Dublin. 1899. Price Threepence. No. 140. 2424—375—3/99 Wt 29696 D k S 19 WELLCOME LIBRARY “1 ! General Collections +P