[Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1907
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Credit: [Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths from Stated Causes in Weeks and Months Under One Year of Age. »■ ro c£ CO* i M CO 1 ® 1 i CO ' ^ Total CO 0) . jG x; JG •4^ -Vi -«-9 i -a •4^ 1 x: 1 b P 1 ^ Deaths Cause of Death. r—1 <0 (D <D 0 0 0 c C 0 c 0 P 0 c 0 P 0 a 0 a 0 1 ° 0 under U (D 0 S s s S ri. cq One a Cl 1 CO 1 1 rH 01 j CO 1 I ■0 1 to 1 I CO 1 Ci 1 1 0 Year. p rH OT CO H rH CO 0 CO o> r-j All Certificated ... ... Cases. Uncertificated 1 ... 1 1 ... ... 3 Common Infectious ■; Diseases. Small-Pox ... Chicken-Pox Measles Scarlet Fever 1 Diphtheria (including Mem- . . ... • • ... ... ... 1 ... 1 2 branous Croup ... ... ... Influenza ... . • i ... 1 Whooping Cough ... ... 1 1 ... ]. ... 2 f Diarrhoea, all forms ... 1 1 1 ... 2 6 Diarrhooal Diseases. Enteritis, Muco - enteritis, Gastro-enteritis Gastritis, Gastro - intestinal Catarrh ... .. * . . . Premature Birth ... 8 1 i 16 ... • . . 16 Wasting Diseases. Congenital Defects... Injury at Birth Want of Breast-milk, Star- 1 . . . 1 ... ... ... ... ... 1 vation ... ... [ Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus 3 ... 3 2 ... 5 ’’Tuberculous Meningitis ... 1 1 2 Tuberculous J Tuberculous Peritonitis : Diseases. Tabes Mesenterica 2 ... 1 3 1 1 8 Other Tuberculous Diseases Erysipelas ... ... 1 1 1 Syphilis ... ... ... ... 1 Eickets 1 1 1 Meningitis (not Tuhcrculoits) *. • ... ... ... 3 OtherCauses ^ Convulsions... Bronchitis ... 2 1 3 i • • 1 ... 1 3 Laryngitis ... Pneumonia ... ... 1 1 1 3 Suffocation, overlaying 1 i ... 1 ^OtherCauses 1 ... 2 3 2 1 1 7 17 2 1 3 23 6 2 1 4 3 2 5 1 1 5 3 56 Births in the Year : Legitimate, 533 ; illegitimate, 20. Deaths from all causes at all ages, 388. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1907. All at Ages. Cases Notified in Whole District. Notifiable Disease. Under 1. 1 to 5. 5 to 15 15 to 25. ! 1 25 to 65. 65 and upwards. Small-pox ... Cholera ... 1 Diphtheria, including membranous croup 51 14 29 5 3 Erysipelas... 16 2 1 ! 7 6 Scarlet fever 58 12 38 7 ! 1 Typhus fever . . . Enteric fever 16 3 3 4 Eelapsing fever . . • ... ... Continued fever ... 1 Puerperal fever 1 ... j 1 Plague ... ... ... 1 Totals 136 26 72 1 16 ! i 16 6 infectious Diseases.—The number of cases notified during the year 1907 of infectious diseases were 136, 9 mote than last year, viz.: scarlet fever 58, diphtheria 51, enteric fever 10, erysipelas 16, and puerperal fever 1. Ihe number of deachs aotified for the seven principal zymotic diseases were 28, viz.: measles 16, scarlet fever 1, diphtheria b, enteric fevei 3, diarrhoea 5 (2 of which were imported with their fatal disease upon them), and whooping cough 3.^ Deducting the 2 imported deaths from diarrhoea, the zymotic death rate for 1907 was I’O per 1,000. For England and ^ ales the death late for the seven chief epidemic diseases was 1 '26.