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

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

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    The following table shows the number of deaths from each of the chief zymotic or epidemic diseases during the four quarters of 1908 with death-rates from each of these diseases. Deaths from the Principal Epidemic Diseases. Deaths. Death rate Disease. per 1000 1st Quarter. 2nd Quarter. 3rd Quarter. 4th Quarter. Whole Year of population. Smallpox — — — — — Nil. 1 ® Scarlet Fever — 3 — 1 3 0044 3 Ti s Diphtheria ... 2 — — — ! 2 0029 o : fc Enteric Fever 9 L* — — — 2 0029 Total ... [ 4 3 — — 7 0T03 Measles 3 2 2 — 7 0T03 2 S> Whooping 1 Cough 10 1 — — 11 0T62 o (H H g Diarrhoea ... ]. — 3 2 6 0-088 1 £ Total ... 14 3 5 2 24 0354 Total | 18 6 5 2 31 0-457 Deaths from the Principal Epidemic Diseases. The number of deaths registered as attributable to the seven chief epidemic diseases was again very small, though slightly in excess of the previous year’s total Thirty-one deaths were thus classified as against 29 in 1907, seven deaths being caused by notifiable and 24 by non-notifiable diseases. The zymotic death-rate was once more a very low one, being only 046, which was considerably lower than in any other of the large towns of England and Wales. Of the 31 deaths from diseases of this class, 18 (including 10 from whooping cough), occurred during the first three months of the year.