[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Rochester City and Port.
- Rochester (Kent, England). City and Port Authority.
- Date:
- 1921
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Rochester City and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Rochester. Age. Scarlet F ever. Typhoid l 'ever. Diphtheria. Total Total from Rochester. Under Five 9 O 18 27 163 Five and upwards ... 37 0 99 136 Under Five 15 Chatham 1 28 44 Chatham. 247 Five and upwards ... 100 1 102 203 Under Five From Neighbouring 0*0 Authorities. 3 3 Neighbouring-. 9 Five and upwards ... 3 0 3 6 164 2 253 419 Bacteriological examination of patients in the Hospital, for purposes of diagnosis and before discharge, are made whenever it seems desirable. The mortality was as follows :—• Scarlet Fever ... ... ... ... ... ... No death Diphtheria ... ... ... ... ... ... ii.i percent. Cases considered wrongly diagnosed are not included in the above. Average number of days detained in Hospital:— Scarlet Fever ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 47-9 Diphtheria ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 Cases which terminated in death, and cases wrongly diagnosed are not included in these averages. The operation of Tracheotomy was performed on seven patients, of whom five recovered. The type of Diphtheria was appreciably more severe than in recent years, and many cases did not reach the Hospital until the disease was well established. TABLE I. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1921 and previous Years. Name of District.—ROCHESTER. Births. Total Deaths Transferable Deaths Nett Deaths belonging to the District Registered in the District. Popula- of of tion Nett. Non- Residents under 1 v ear of Age. At all Ages. Year. estimated residents not to Middle Un- regis- regis- of each corrected tered in tered in Rate per Year. Number. Number Rate. Number. Rate. the the Number. 1,000 Number. Rate. District. District. nett Births 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 33002* 74-6 1916 30332t 707 710 21’5 472 ; I5’5 117 57 53 411 I3-5 1917 3221I* 28S96f 588 598 185 574 i9'8 2 52 5i 54 90'3 • ^ 0/0 129 1918 3U27* 28316]- 590 603 19-0 647 22 ’8 239 63 54 89'5 471 i6-6 1919 33449* 32nof 584 602 179 543 : i6'9 222 44 40 66.4 365 11 3 1920 33849* 33389! 788 S03 237 535 l6<o 201 47 54 67-2 38i n*4 1921 3I5°° 673 698 22*1 492 ; i5'6 177 50 54 / 7 0 365 : 11'5 Area of District in acres (land and inland water) 2,936. * For Birth Rate. t For Death Rate.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30038728_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
