[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tlic striking points are the increase of the dcatli-ratc from cancer and the decrease of that from phthisis ; the very extraordinary decrease of the death-rates from scarlet fever and enteric fever ; the very slight decrease in the rates from whoo]iing cough and measles, and the slight decrease in the rate from dijihtlieria, compared with that from scarlet fever and enteric fever. The result is a complete reversal of the order of importance of the diseases viewed from the number of deaths they cause. Whereas in the early ])eri()ds scarlet fever and enteric fever were the most fatal of the infectious diseases, now the most fatal of these diseases are whooping cough, measles and diphtheria. The prevention of these diseases, and j)articularly the lessening of the case mortality is one of the most promising fields of action for the saving of life, and they should undoubtedly reedve more careful attention in the future. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The death-rate from the seven common infectious diseases was .78, compared with .68 in 1908, .79 in 1907, .88 in 1906, .64 in 1905, and i.o in 1904. Table 10. Analysis of Deaths and Death-R.\tes from the Com.mon Infectious Disease,s. Seven cliief Zymotic Diseases. Small-pox. Scarlet Fever. Typhoid Fever. Diphtheria. Measles. Whooping Cough. Diarrhina. Deaths Dealli- raU's. Deaths Death- rates. Deaths Death- rates. Deaths Death- rates. Deatlis Death- rates. Deaths I leatli- rates. Deaths Death- rates. Deaths Death ■ rates. Than Districts 80 ■73 0 •00 15 •14 4 •04 16 •14 0 •00 20 ■18 24 •22 aral Districts 110 •83 0 •00 16 •12 5 •04 21 •16 8 06 43 •32 17 • 13 hole County 190 •78 0 ■00 31 ■13 9 ■04 37 ■ 15 8 •03 63 •26 41 •17 ngland and Wales 112 •00 •09 •06 • 14 ■35 •20 •28 ngland and Wales less 219 towns •80 •00 •06 ■06 •14 •21 • 16 •17 NOTIFICATIONS Cases. Case Mortal¬ ity per cent. Cases. Case Mortal¬ ity per cent. Cases. Case Mortal ity per cent. Cases. Case Mortal¬ ity per cent. Than Districts 0 0 552 2-7 29 13-8 153 10-5 -ural Districts 0 0 514 31 16 31.2 159 13-2 hole County 0 0 1066 2-9 45 20 0 312 11-6 In the above table the County of Salop should be com]iared with “ England and Wales less 219 towns.” It will be seen then that there was a higher rate from scarlet fever, dijihtheria and whoojiing cough, and a lower rate from typhoid fever and measles. The case mortality from scarlet fever, typhoid fever, and diphtheria was considerably higher in the rural than in the urban districts.