Report to the General Board of Health on a preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of the inhabitants of the parish of New Sleaford / by William Ranger, Superintending Inspector.

  • William Ranger
Date:
1850
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Credit: Report to the General Board of Health on a preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of the inhabitants of the parish of New Sleaford / by William Ranger, Superintending Inspector. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ■—J o 3‘ 3 3 o c to o cr n> 3 » 3 1 ! Lrt o r* • cr •—i 70 r- o C to) 3 3 ST « 2 3 3- ft ■u *i __ JE 30 Z «1 — 0 o c b 3 £ £ irV^_ jiaiBKU and Causes of Death during a period of Two Years, ending September 30, 1849, furnished by Mr. Bissill, the Registrar. Causes of Death. IDd in other di$ti ia! isses in oi ui nctsi yet, on dfcj teeal cireum- Causes .... Acified Causes . , . fc.—Zymotic Diseases . Sporadic Diseases— !<I.—Dropsy, Cancer, other Diseases of un- certain or variable Seat . . . . ■ $1.—Tubercular Diseases J —Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Diseases of the Heart ] ed upon the community bv the 1 fld sickness should not be'lost 31._;and mooa vesseIs r the expenses of improvemest.| ;e accuracy is not , it is offered as a mere approxi-l r of cases of sickness, has tel eath. The cost of each case, b I ck. or, in case of a child, to t-J * “£*£■<* ■Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respira- tion ... —Diseases of the Sto- mach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion . ■.—Childbirth, Diseases 1 of the Uterus, &c. .—Rheumatism, Diseases' of the Bones, Joints, &c .—Premature Birth and • Debility..... I i.—Age ►.—Sudden .... .—Violence, Privation,' Cold, and Intem- perance .... £. 298 53 191 Age. Total. Causes of Death. Age. 0 15 15 GO GO wards. 0 15 15 GO GO wards. . 56 30 51 137 Measles 8 • • • • 49 29 50 128 Hooping Cough .... 1 • • • • Croup 3 22 6 7 35 Diarrhoea ...... 8 3 5 Typhus 1 1 2 Metria or Puerperal Fever . • • 1 • • Erysipelas 1 1 • • 1 Mortification 1 \ / • • 1 1 Scrofula 1 Tabes Mesenterica . . . 9 • • J 25 Phthisis (or Consumption) . 2 10 1 i 13 Hydrocephalus .... 2 . , • • l 2 7 Cephalitis 1 • . • • Paralysis 4 } 1 5 6 Convulsions l J Pericarditis ..... 1 5 1 Bronchitis 2 7 / 1 4 13 18 Pneumonia 1 2 1 Asthma ...... 4 Disease of Lungs, &c. . . • • • • 1 Gastritis 1 1 4 5 Enteritis 1 Jaundice .... . 1 Ovarian Dropsy .... 1 • • \ •• 1 • • 1 Disease of Joints, &c. . . 1 1 1 Intemperance .... , , 1 l Burns and Scalds.... 1 1 f •• Drowning 1 , , Fractures and Contusions . 2 \ 6 • • 6 Other Violence .... 1 12 Causes not Specified . . 7 1 1 Sudden 1 2 * Debility • 6 • . * * 9 6 1 16 Total. be J 0 8 1 3 16 4 1 2 1 1 9 13 2 1 4 1 6 9 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 9 3 6 Mr. Bissill, surgeon and medical officer, stated:— “ The diseases most prevalent amongst the working classes are common colds, typhus fever (virulent type), and bronchitis, whilst those who are employed in the fens are subject to rheumatism ; several cases having proved fatal about three years since. The effluvium from health, that it is high time something was done to improve the drainage.” Mr. Coulson, a medical practitioner, and resident for the last six years, stated:— Typhus fever prevails generally in the summer months, com- mencing with simple fever and running into typhus, but it is mainly confined to the houses in yards and courts, built up at the end, where filth abounds, and the free circulation of the air impeded.” J. II. Boot, Esq., M.D., slated :— I have been resident in the town for about 17 years. The principal epidemic is continued fever leading into typhus and scarlet fevers.”