[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Padiham U.D.C.
- Padiham (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1903
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Padiham U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![To the GhaiFman and IWembeFs OK THE Urban DlstPiet Goaneil of Padibam. Gentlemen, I beg to present to you my re])ort for the year 1903. The death rate is a little lower than that of last year and the birth rate is higher. Apart from the Small-pox at the early part of the year we have had no particularly prevalent disease and the Zymotic death rate is low. 'I'he deaths have totalled 189, giving a rate of i5’48, as compared with i5‘97 for 1902, and with 20’4o for 1901. Fifty- three occured in persons over 65 years nf age and fifty eight in children under one year. The latter number gives i68‘ii as the rate of deaths in children under one year per 1000 births, as compared with i9i'74 for 1902, 2i9'94 for 1901, i89'9i for 1900, 229'5 for 1899, there is thus an improvement but the rate is still to high. There are still far too many cases of Congenital 1 )ebility. Premature Birth, (!tc. The chief cai^ses of the deaths were :—Measles i. Whooping Cough 3, Di[^heria i, 'Pyphoid Fever i. Diarrhoea 2, Enteritis 9, Puerperal Fever i. Phthisis 12, Cancer 8, Bronchitis 12, Pneumonia 13, Premature Birth 6, Heart Disease 15. Plighty three deaths occurred in males and 106 in females.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29982352_0001.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
