[Report 1901] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough.

  • Bexhill (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1901
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Credit: [Report 1901] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INFANTILE MORTALITY. There were 32 aeaths of infants under one year of age (of which number two were illege- gitimate) making an Infantile death rate of i04‘57 per 1000 births. That for England and Wales being 151 per 1000 births. Eight of these deaths were due to premature birth, the infants living only for a few hours, and in one case a few minutes only, so that the mortality due to sickness is low. OLD AGE. Twenty-three persons attained the age of 80 years and over, the eldest being 94 years, and fourteen others reached ages between 70 and 80 Of these 12 were registered as being directly due to the effects of old age. PHTHISIS. There were 11 de.iths from Phthisis, 2 being those of visitors, giving a death rate from this cause among the Residents of 73 per i,poo which is the same as last year. Six deaths attributed to other Tuberculous diseases.