[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicestershire / County of Leicester County Council.

  • Leicestershire (England). County Council.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicestershire / County of Leicester County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Typhoid Fever.—The statistics relating to Typhoid Fever are given below: — Area. No. of Notifica¬ tions. No. of Deaths. Attack rate. Case fatality- percent. Death rate. Death rate for Rural England and Wales. Urban Districts 6 I o'o6 16-6 0*01 \ Rural Districts 22 6 o’i6 27*2 0*04 f 0*03 Whole County, 1918 28 7 0*12 25-0 0*03 ; Last 10 years’ average 65 11 0-31 16*6 0*04 Twenty-six cases were notified last year with 6 deaths. This year 7 deaths occurred in the 28 cases notified, lienee there is a slight rise in the case fatality per cent., but the Death rate remains the same for both years, viz., 0'03, which corresponds identically with the Death rate for England and Wales from this disease. The deaths occurred in the following districts, Ashby Urban, Ashby Rural, and Hinckley Rural (1 in each), and 4 in the Rural District of Blaby. The County Death rate from this disease shows a satisfactory improvement on the decennial average. Puerperal Fever.—-The available statistics for Puerperal are as follows: — Area. No. of Notifications. No. DEATf Ra Per 1000 births. ^S. TE. Per 1000 of popula¬ tion. Case fatality per cent. Urban Districts .. I 1 °‘55 0*01 100*00 Rural Districts I 3 ] • IQ 0*02 Whole County 1918 2 4 0*92 0-017 Last 10 years’ average ... 9 5 o-86 O ‘02 55’5