[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough.

  • Chorley (England). Borough Council
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    You may notice that as compared with the statistics of 1907, the Deaths occurring in 1908 show a marked decrease in those due to Measles and Lung Diseases especially, whilst the most notable increase is due to Whooping Cough, which was very prevalent during the first half-year. Comparing the Deaths occurring in 1908, due to the various causes, with the average number of Deaths due to the same causes in the previous decade, you may see that the great majority of Diseases enumerated have produced less Deaths in 1908 than the average, and this decrease is most notable in Deaths due to Measles, Lung Diseases, and Influenza. In a few Diseases, chiefly Whooping Cough, Phthisis, and Heart Diseases, the average number of Deaths has been exceeded in 1908. The Zymotic Death-rate from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases was in 1908 111 per thousand. In order to compare the Zymotic Death-rate of 1908 with that of 1907, I must add to the Zymotic Deaths—Eleven (llj Deaths from Castro-Enteritis, Enteritis &c., occurring in 1908, but by the last instructions of the Local Govern- ment Board ordered to be excluded from the Deaths due to Diarrhoea. This addition will make the Zymotic Death-rate of 1908 1 *47, as com- pared with the Zymotic Death-rate of 1*63 in 1907, and 1'83 in 1906. Had it not been for the epidemic of Whooping Cough, the Zymotic Death-rate would have been a very small one during 1908. The Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases amounted to thirty-four (34), viz., one (1) from Scarlet Fever, two (2) from Diphtheria and Membranous Croup, four (4) from Typhoid Fever, one (1) from Measles, sixteen (16) from Whooping Cough, and ten (10) from Diarrhoea. The number of Infectious Diseases reported to me was the lowest since your adoption of the Infectious Diseases Notification Act, viz., fifty-two (52). This number comprises fifteen (15) cases of Diphtheria and Membranous Croup, Eighteen (18) of Scarlet Fever, ten (10) of Typhoid Fever, and nine (9) of Erysipelas. Twenty (20) cases of Infectious Diseases were removed from the Borough to the Isolation Hospital, viz., fifteen (15) of Scarlet Fever, three (3) of Typhoid Fever, and two (2) of Diphtheria. [9]