[Report 1899] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-upon-Mersey U.D.C.
- Ashton-upon-Mersey (Cheshire, England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1899
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: [Report 1899] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-upon-Mersey U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ASKTON-upon-MERSEY URBAN DISTRICT Medical Officer of He<^th - Dr. Charles J. Renshaw. Popu] atioi) at Census, 1891 - 4243, Estimated population in middle of 1899 - 5300. Area in acres - 1622. Birth rate per 1000 living - 26,9 Death rate per 1000 living - 13.5 Death rate from seven principal Zymotic diseases ~ 2.6 Deaths under one year to 1000 births - 153.8 Total number of births - 145 Total number of deaths - 72, of which there are 9 between 60 and 70, 10 over 70 and 2 over 80, Under one year - 22, of which 8 are premature births, 6 deaths from infectious diseases; typhoid, er^rsipelas, whooping cough and measles, one each, puerperal fever, two. Cases of infectious diseases notified - Measles 110. Scarlet fever 25. Erysipelas 10. Whooping rough 19. Typhoid fever 4. Roetheln 2, Diphtheria 1. Puerperal fever 2. Total 173. Of Diphtheria and roetheln there were so few cases, that there is no need of rentioning them further, their return as long](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28813170_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
