[Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Eccles Borough.

  • Eccles (Greater Manchester, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1895
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Credit: [Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Eccles Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths under one year .... 157 do. 1 year and under 5 years - - - - 82 do. 5 years and under 15 years - 2d do. 15 years and under 25 years - - 27 do. 25 years and under 65 years - - - 161 do. over 65 - - - - - 99 Total - - 552 Infantile Mortality.— The total number of deaths under one year was 157 ; this is at the rate of 168 per thousand births. Last year it was 142, and in 1893 it was 192. Zymotic Death Rate.— The number of deaths due to the seven “ Principal Zymotic diseases” usually classified under this heading was 104, This gives a zymotic death rate of 3T7 per thousand of the population. That for 1894 was P47 ; for 1893 was 2-5 ; and for 1892 it was IT. There were no deaths from Small Pox or Diphtheria. Scarlet Fever.—Eight deaths were due to this disease ; five under 5 years of age, and three over that age. Six deaths occurred in the Sanatorium. Measles.—Twenty-six deaths were due to this disease, 23 being below the age of 5 years. Enteric or Typhoid Fever.—Four deaths. Whooping Cough.—Thirteen deaths. Diarrhoea and Dysentery.—Fifty-three deaths, 44 being below 5 years of age. Influenza.—An epidemic of this disease occurred in the early part of the year, and eleven deaths were attributed to it. Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.—The deaths from these diseases number 97 or 2-96 per thousand of the population. I11 1894 the rate was 2’3, and in 1893 it was 3'5. Phthisis.—The total number of deaths attributed to this disease was54, showing a death rate of 1*65 per thousand of the population. In 1894 it was 1‘47 ; in 1893 it was P2 ; and in the quinquennial period 1886 to 1891 the average was 16 per thousand of the population. Inquests.—There were 36 inquests held in the Borough on deaths from accident, suicide, &c. In one case death was due to hydrophobia.
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