[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.
- Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
- Date:
- 1913
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Suicide caused 1 death of 25 years of age and under 45 —decrease 5. Other defined diseases 77. There were 11 outward transfers and 1 inward. Diseases ill-defined or uknown, 3, increase 1. From Senile Decay 44 deaths were registered, 1 100 years old, 3 between 90 and 100, 20 between 80 and 90, 19 between 70 and 80, and 1 over 60 years of age—increase, 10 deaths. The increase of 58 deaths over last year was caused chiefly by cancer—increase 10; organic heart disease—in- crease 9: pneumonia—increase 18 ; and congenital malfor- mation and premature birth—increase 23. THE MIDWIYES’ ACT. Clentlernen,—During the j)Hst year 1 have visited all the qualified midwives and examined their bags. All were satis- factory. Proceedings were taken against a midwife for ])rac- tising without proper qualifications, and she was convicted. There are, I believe, several other women in Canterbury committing the same offence, but it is very hard to obtain evidence, especially after the above case. In my opinion, the only remedy is the compulsory notification of births. H. Wacher.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29091238_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
