[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Cannock R.D.C.

  • Cannock (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1896
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Credit: [Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Cannock R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    •L:o;is Dis- .Mortality. Average Death Rate for years Church Eaton Crreat Wyrley Essington Cheslyn Hay Dnshl)ury. S ha reshill Penkri'lgo .Veton and Hatherton lire wood Bednall 1893, 1894, 1895, and 1896. 12-5 per 1000 13 14 14- 6 15- 5 „ 16 18 IB 18- 7 19- 5 19-9 Mortality from Infections Disviases. Cannock. Brewood. d’otals. Influenza Scarlet Eever ... Diarrliaai Diphtheria 'i’y])hoid Eever ... E -ysipelas ^Membranous Croup Whooping Cough ^loasles ... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 2 4 0 2 3 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 1 0 2 11 12 15 27 Whooping Cough is seen to bo the greatest factor in this category, and swells the Zymotic Death Rate. Seven of tliese deaths were in infants, mostly of weak constitu- tions—the ph^’sical strain of the coughing, the liability to jmlmonary complications, and the tendency to convulsions, especially during teething, makes Whooping Cough a most dangerous infantile disease. The 11 deaths were distri- buted as follows :— Cheslyn Hay ... 3 Essington ... 2 Hatherton ... 2 Penkridge ... 1 Crreat Worley ... 1 Bushburv ... 2 Zymotic Death Rate ... 1'6 per 1000. 1895 .. th o 1—1 o o o 1891 .. 1'13 ])er 1000 1894 .. •6 1890 . .. -9 1893 .. • 1-^) „ 1889 ., .. „ 1892 ., ,. 1-8 „ 1888 ., .. -6 „ Deaths, 16 (minus Whooping (>ough). Influenza. lja})ley, 1. Church Eaton, 1. Brewood, 1. Busldraiy, 1.