[Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans Urban Sanitary District.

  • St. Albans (England). Urban Sanitary District.
Date:
1902
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Credit: [Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans Urban Sanitary District. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    incliidiug 2 from Influenza, as against 27 the year before ; but to this ought to be added 3 deaths from Small-pox which occurred in the Hospital at South Mymms. This gives us a Zymotic death-rate of .9, as against I’6 in 1901. Despite the Small-pox Epidemic, our Zymotic death-rate in 1902 was little more than half what it was in 1901. The death-rate for the principal Zymotic Diseases was •8, as against 15 in 1901. There were 6 deaths from Small-pox including the 3 at South Mymms, 3 from Scarlet Fever, 2 from Whooping Cough, 3 from Diphtheria,’ and 2 from Influenza. There was a slight increase in the number of deaths from Diseases of the Nervous System, a slight decrease in those due to Tubercle, and Cancer; and a considerable decrease in the deaths from Diseases of the Heart, and from Zymotic Diseases. There were 6 deaths from Accident or Violence during the year. In the month of February a newly-born female infant was found dead, owing to ‘‘Compression of the Brain, consequent upon fracture of the right parietal bone accidentally caused.” In April a man aged 40 died at the Hospital in consequence of an “Accidental Fall from a cart at Napsbury Farm, causing fracture of the Spinal Column.” Also in April a girl of 2 died in the Hospital from “ Burns accidentally received.” In May a female infant of 3 months died from “Compression of the Brain from being accidentally over-laid when in bed with her parents.” In July a man aged 54, stated to be an attendant upon lunatics, died of a ‘,‘ Bullet Wound ” And in October a boy of 2 years died at the Hospital from “ Burns accidentally received.” During the year there were 11 Inquests held: One in March on a male child of one year, who died from “ Acute Bronchitis and Collapse of the Lungs ” ; another in May on a boy aged 3, who died of “ Ptomaine Poisoning after a meal of Mackerel” ; another in August on a woman unknown, a vagrant, aged about 45, who died of “ Syncope due to Atheroma of the Heart and large vessels ” ; another in September on a young woman of 23 who was found dead, death being due to “ Syncope, Epilepsy, and Heart Disease ”; another on a man of 62 who died from