[Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Bacup Borough.
- Bacup (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1907
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Bacup Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![outfib free to all medical men practising in tlie Borough. This year none has been applied for. In the previous year it was applied for with good results. One case occurred at a daily farm. Special precautions were taken with excellent results. The following table gives the deaths for the past 10 years:— Year Deaths Kate per 1000 1898 2 0 08 1899 2 0-08 1900 3 0T2 1901 1 0-04 1902 ] 0-04 1903 6 0-26 1904 1 0 04 1905 2 0-08 1906 8 0-32 1907 1 004 MEASLES. There wei’e 14 deaths; 13 under five years and one over five years. The c eath-rale equals 0'57 per 1000. During the last three months of 1906 there was a severe epidemic of Measles, which declined towards the end of December. It continued for a few weeks info the new year. One hundred and fen cases came to our knowledge. Six Day Schools were disinfected. The following fable gives the deaths for the past 10 years :— Year Deaths Rate per 1000 1898 1 0-04 1899 10 0-40 1900 9 0-36 1901 5 0-22](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28898576_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
