[Report 1874] / Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association.

  • Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association.
Date:
1874
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    been pointed out by the Association, would undoubt¬ edly be brought about if the Corporate Authorities provided (as they are empowered by law to do) suitable hospital accommodation for the isolation of such cases. The following table shows the mortality in Manchester and Salford, in the year 18T4 :— Quarterly Return of Deaths and Births in Mafichester and Salford for the year 1874. Diseases. March. June Sept. Dec. Total. Small Pox .... Measles . Whooping C’gh. Scarlatina .... Fever . Diarrhoea .... Dis. of Lungs.. Other causes . . 2 3h 120 172 57 57 990 1,762 3 68 124 100 68 67 828 1,704 2 lOI 103 137 88 698 585 1,628 6 115 65 219 72 TOO 1,004 1,744 13 320 412 628 285 922 3,407 6,838 Total Deaths .. 2,962 3,342 3,32s 12,825 Deaths under) 5 years. .. . ) 1,381 CO 2,051 1.569 6,419 Deaths under ) I year . ... ) 892 953 1,481 1,017 4,343 Average death ] rate.) 29*2 25-6 29*7 29*6 28*5 Births. 4,905 5,082 4,802 4,712 19,501 This table as compared with that for the previous year shows a decrease of mortality, from Small-Pox, by 9 deaths; from Measles, by 252 deaths; from