[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Whitworth U.D.C.

  • Whitworth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Whitworth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    As it is now the opinion of the profession that this disease is communicable like other infectious diseases “ It is imperative that all Sanitary Authorities should put in force the manifold powers which they now possess for improving the public health, and especially in the direction of providing better ventilation, accommodation, and access of light, in all dwellings, workshops, etc.” There is, unfortunately, evidence in our own district of an almost utter disregard of one of these necessities, viz.: adequate sleeping accommodation. In fact one might say that over-crowding is the most active agent in the propagation of this, and other infectious diseases. The remedy lies in the hands of the Sanitary Authority and I do not see why it should not exercise its powers in this direction, as it does in regulating other structural details with regard to yards, privies, etc., etc. PNEUMONIA AND BRONCHITIS. Thirty-five deaths have been registered, a decrease of 10 on the previous year. The following table gives the number of deaths since 1887. 1887. .45 1893. .13 1888. .43 1894. .35 1889. .44 1895. .45 1890. .40 1896. .37 1891. .95 1897. .45 1892. .40 1898. .35 HEART DISEASE. Caused 14 deaths; an increase of one on the preceding year. For preceding years as under:— 1887 . 6 1888 .14 1889 .11 ] 890.12 1811. 8 1892. 8 1893 . 7 1894 . 5 1895 .11 1896 . 7 1897 .13 1898 .14