[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Haydock Local Board / U.D.C.

Haydock (England). Local Board.

Date:: 1918

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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Haydock Local Board / U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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(4) Z Y'MO T10 DEATH RATE. The swan principal Zymotic Diseases’, caused S3 deaths, as against 7 the previous year. The Zymotic death rate for the year, there- fore was 8.6 per 1000 of the population, as against .77 per 1000 in 1918. The dosth rate from each of the seven principal Zymotic Diseases in Kaydock during 1910 is shewn in the following table:- D i s 6 a s 0 No,of Deaths Death Rate, Small Pcx 0 ' 0 Measles 10 1, ]. Scarlet Fever ... . O O Whoop in ^ Cough r; . z D i p t h g r i a and H 0 mb r a n 0 0 u s Croup1 .1 Enteric Fever 6 . ,0 Diarrhoea and Enteritis., 6 r. 6 '• ‘ I N~F A li TILE It 0 1 T A L I T Y R A T S, The Infantile Mortality rate was 153 per 1.000 births against 91 in 1917 and an average of 138 for the proceeding five years. It will be noted that tho Haydock rate in 1018 was 62 per 1000 births higher than that of the proceeding year and 15 per 1000 higher than the average cf the- provioud five years. Tho rate for England and Wales for 1918 was 91 per 1000 births, UK CERTIFIED D K A T H S . There was one uncertified death registered. inquest . 3 deaths from accidents and other causer- wore certified during last year by the Coroner after inquests had been held. R E C 0 R D S 0 F DO I 5 E A S E ZYMOTIC DISEASE. 8JE@ number of Notifications of Infectious Disocsso received was 890 as against 18r' in 1917. The 090 cases- included 15 oases of Pulmonary Tuberculoses, In tho following Table will be seen the notifications of each disease in each month of the yoari- Diseases Jan Feb .u-ar Apl Hay Jun Jul Aug Sop$ct BdU Dodo Total Diptherla & Mom Croup 2 1 1 1 - . 3... 1 1 Erysipelas -- 2 2 2 - 2 1 Scarlet Fev. 1 4 5 7 2 1 8 12 7 19 1 2 Enteric Fev. 1 1 Fuer,Fever - - - - - - - - - - 1 Cerobro Spin) - - - - - 1 - - - Meningitis ) Pul .Tuber. 2 2 2 4 8 2 1 Other .. - - - - i - 1 ----- - Measles 116 33 22 6 3 ----- 1 - 10 9 69 2 1 1 15 2 101 TT7 37~29T9 IcT 29 9 REMOVALS TO .. HOSPITAL . During the year 23 cases of infectious disease were removed to the Corough Sanatorium,St.Hoi©ns. 27 being cases of Scarlrt Fever, 3 cf Diphtheria, 8 of Enteric Fever and one of Corobro Spinal Meningitis. The attention and nursing the patients received at the Sanatorium was all that could be desired.