[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, East Grinstead U.D.C.
- East Grinstead (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1898
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, East Grinstead U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Report of Medical Officer of Health, 1898. ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT on the Health and Sanitary Condition of the East Qrinstead Urban District, for the year ending 31st December, 1898. Area 6,355 acres. Population (Census of 1891) 5,180 Estimated Population to the middle of 1898 .... 5,900 In 1898 the deaths of 99 persons at all ages and from all causes were recorded in the district, against 92 in 1897 and 88 in 1896. These 99 deaths were at the rate of 16-7 per 1,000 of the total population. Of this number 19, or 19'1 per cent., were of children under one year of age and were in the proportion of ]3‘9 per cent, of those born: 46, or 46'4 per cent, were of persons 60 years of age and upwards. The deaths of 14 persons 80 years of age and upwards were recorded, the oldest being 95 years old; 19 children died under the age of one year, in the proportion of 139'7 per 1,000 registered births. Of the 99 recorded deaths, 31 occurred in the Workhouse and 2 in the Cottage Hospital. Excluding these deaths, the death-rate was 11‘3. Of the 99 deaths, 25 were of persons not residing in the district, but brought into it from outside dis- tricts, 23 of them dying in the Workhouse, one in the Cottage Hospital, and one was a visitor from London. Correctod Doath Rate Xhe corrected death-rate for the Urban District is therefore 12‘5 per 1,000 persons living. In 1897 the death-rate was 12-7. Births The births numbered 136, a decrease of 9 from the previous year. 67 of these children were males and 69 females, equal to a birth-rate of 23'05 per 1,000 of the population. Zymotic Death Rate The table of deaths from all causes appended to this report will show you that 21 deaths were due to the ordinary zymotic diseases and were in the pro- portion of 21'2 per cent, of the recorded deaths from all causes. One - death was certified to be due to diphtheria, 7 to measles, 6 to whooping cough, and 7 to diarrhsea. Notification of number of cases reported to me under the Notification of Infections Diseases Infectious Diseases Act was 349 and were as follows : Measles ... ... ... ... 335 Scarlet Fever ... ... ... 7 Diphtheria ... ... ... 3 Erysipelas... ... ... ... 3 Enteric Fever (or Typhoid) ... 1 349 Out of these 349 cases 6 were removed to the Sanatorium, viz.: Scarlet Fever ... .. ... 4 Diphtheria ... ... ... 1](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2918258x_0001.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
