[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council.

  • West Sussex (England). Library Service
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1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PUBLIC HEALTH (CEREBRO-SPINAL) FEVER REGULATIONS, 1918. Arrangements have been made for specimens of fluid to be examined at Brighton and serum and the necessary apparatus for its use is issued from the County Health Department to Medical Practitioners throughout the County as required. TUBERCULOSIS. Tuberculosis in its various forms accounted for 204 deaths, the death-rate being 1-21 per 1,000 population. 8-6% of the total mortality from all causes was due to Tuberculosis. Deaths from Tuberculosis are classified as follows :— Pulmonary Tuberculosis—Includes “Phthisis” (not otherwise defined), acute phthisis and acute general or miliary tuberculosis. Tuberculous Meningitis. Other Tuberculous diseases—Includes Tabes Mesenterica and other forms of abdominal tuber¬ culosis, tuberculosis of spine, bones, joints, glands and other organs excluding the lungs. From Table IX. it will be noted that 97-8% of the deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis occurred after the age of 15 years—the most fatal period being between the ages of 25 and 45 years. TABLE IX.—Shewing number and percentage of deaths at various ages from Pulmonary and Non-Pulmonarv Tuberculosis during the year 1919 :— - Total all ages. Number and Percentage. o-5 years. . 5-i5 years. 15 years and over. Pulmonary Tuberculosis :— Urban Districts Rural Districts 87 81 1 (i-i%) 1 (i-i%) 85 (97-8%) 81 (100%) Administrative County 168 1 (o-6%) 1 (o-6%) 166 (98-8%) Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis :—... Urban Districts Rural Districts 16 20 5 (3i-2%) 6 (30%) 2 (12-6%) 9 (45%) 9 (56-2%) 5 (25%) Administrative County 36 n (30-6%) 11 (30-6%) 14 (38-8%) All Forms of Tuberculosis :— Urban Districts Rural Districts 103 101 6 (5-8%) 6 (5'9%) 3 (2-9%) 9 (8-9%) 94 (9i-2%) 86 (85-2%) Administrative County 204 12 (5’9%) 12 (5-9%) 180 (88-2%) Pulmonary Tuberculosis From Table X. it will be noted that this disease was the cause of 168 deaths (as compared with an average of 164 deaths during the past ten years), i.e., 82% of all deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis, giving a death-rate for the County of i-o for 1,000 population, as compared with a rate of 1-2 in the preceding year. TABLE X.—Number of Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 1909-1918 and in 1919. I90Q I9IO 1911 1912 1913 I 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 Av. 1909- 1918 Urban Districts 80 80 70 64 65 72 102 102 86 Il6 87 84 Rural Districts 85 77 73 69 83 . 72 72 94 89 86 81 80 Administrative County ... 165 157 143 133 00 M 144 174 196 175 202 168 164 Death-rate per 1,000 living 096 0-90 j o-8o | 0-75 o-8i 00 C 105 1-23 M2 1-24 10 0-97
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