[Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Torquay Borough.

  • Torquay (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1894
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Credit: [Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Torquay Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Death Rate for Torquay, as required by the Local Government Board for 1894. NAME OF DISEASE. Small Pox • • • • • • UNDER 5 YEARS. 0 OVER 5 YEARS. 0 Scarlatina 1 0 Diphtheria • • • • • • 1 0 Membraneous Croup 1 0 Typhus ] ... 0 0 Enteric . 0 8 Continued - Fevers 0 0 Relapsing . 0 0 Puerperal ... 0 0 Cholera • • • • • • 0 0 Erysipelas • • • • . . 0 0 Measles • • • • • 0 0 Whooping Cough 4 0 Diarrhoea and Dysentery ... 3 0 Rheumatic Eever 0 0 Ague • . . • • • 0 0 Phthisis • • • • • • 0 71 Bronchitis, Pneumonia,, and Pleurisy 33 39 Heart Disease 0 43 Injuries ... , , , 0 9 All other Diseases 57 140 Total for 1894 100 410 310 These figures should be compared with those of previous years, as seen in the following table :— CAUSES OF DEATH IN TORQUAY FOR TEN YEARS. CAUSES. ’85 ’86 ’87 ’88 ’89 ’90 ’91 ’92 ’93 ’94 Small Pox ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scarlatina ... 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Diphtheria ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 Membraneous Croup 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 f Typhus. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Enteric or Typhoid ... 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 8 >\ Continued 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 £ Relapsing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Puerperal 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Cholera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Erj^sipelas ... 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Measles 5 4 0 12 2 1 3 8 0 0 Whooping Cough ... 5 3 2 1 0 16 0 2 8 4 Diarrhoea and Dysentery... 2 3 3 1 3 1 1 3 2 3 Rheumatic Fever ... 1 5 1 3 1 0 4 1 1 0 Ague 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Phthisis Bronchitis, Pleurisy, and 60 61 52 64 52 07 67 60 70 71 Pneumonia 55 59 38 52 51 63 53 64 64 72 Heart Disease 35 39 39 39 48 36 44 38 35 43 Ini nries 8 3 9 6 10 8 9 13 17 9 All other Diseases ... 218 228 184 228 199 235 214 228 235 197 Total ... ... 396 412 333 408 370 429 402 420 435 410