[Manchester and Salford Registration Returns 1864].

Date:
1864
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    Z *1. 'V HEALTH AND METEOROLOGY OE mIkMEStIr /* COMMUNICATED TO THE ' : i: • - cS 6 ! ' )>'i' ■ 'X K-r''.-' ■■■<^\/-‘ |Paitc|csltr anl) ^anrtari 'VT:Ei-JB::^Xjizr :Ee;ETTj:E2;:i^. VoL. IV.] WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1864. [No. 179. DISEASES.—The extent to ivhich they prevailed in Pauper, Charitable, and Public Institutions of Manchester and Salford. In the week ending January 2nd, 1,474 new cases of disease occurred in connection with the Public Institutions of Manchester and Salford: in the preceding week the number was 1,362, and in the corresponding one of last year 1,422. 55 persons experienced attacks of Continued Fever, of which 12 unfortunately turned out to he cases of Typhus. All the latter occurred in the Manchester Township ; 3 in the St. George’s District, 2 in St. Peters, 2 in St. Michael’s, and the remainder among the patients of the Royal Infirmary. . Scarlet Fever was less prevalent than in the preceding week, the respective numbers being 44 and 39 ; no less than 10 cases of this disease were met with among the patients of the Salford Dispensary. Of the other zymotic diseases, Whooping Cough has for some weeks been becoming more prevalent, 21 seizures being recorded in the present return. There were 305 cases of Bronchitis. It must be borne in mind, however, that, on Saturday, the 2nd instant, the intensely cold weather of the present week had not yet set in. No other disease occurred to any excessive extent. DEATHS.—The. Number Registered in Manchester and Salford, and their Causes. 390 deaths and 351 births were last week registered in the eleven districts. Of the former 75 were cases on which it was deemed proper to hold a coroners inquestand, as a list of these deaths is only forwarded to the registrars at the end of the quarter, it is pre¬ sumable that but a small number of them occurred in the course of the week. Thus the actual mortality probably did not exceed 320. In the preceding week the number was 328, and in the corresponding one of last year 306. In London, according to the last return of the Registrar General, the deaths exceeded the average rate of mortality for the season by 84. It is satisfactory to observe that the number of fatal cases of Scarlet Fever decreased from 42, in the w^eek ending December 26th, to 32 in the course of last week. Of this number no less than 13 were returned from Hulme. We have repeatedly directed atten¬ tion both to the prevalence and severity of the disease in this district. At Greenwich Observatory the mean temperature of the air in the week was 37’U, at Old Trafford it was 36’6°, or half a degree less. Very little rain was measured either at the Manchester stations or at Greenwich. JOMH ED. IfOEGAH, M.B., M.A., Hon. Sec. Committee Rooms, (