[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Knaresborough U.D.C.

  • Knaresborough (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Knaresborough U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BIRTHS. The births registered are in numbers exactly the same as last year, but the birth rate, owing to increased area of popula- tion, is slightly smaller. 165 births were registered, 80 male and 85 female, giving a birth rate per 1000 of the population per annum of 31’11. The following table compares the Deaths and Death Rates for three consecutive years :— Deaths. Rate per 1,000 per annum. 1902 97 19*4 1903 88... 17*6 1904 .* 102 19*2 The following tables show the deaths due to preventable causes, comparing them with the two previous years :— TABLE I. Deaths due to preventable causes 1902. Small-pox 0 Scarlet Fever 0 Diphtheria ) 1 Membranous Croup] 0 Measles 8 Whooping Cough 0 Enteric Fever 1 Typhus Fever 0 Diarrhoea 0 Enteritis 6 Phthisis, and ) 0 Other Tubercular diseases j 12 Erysipelas 0 Influenza 5 Puerperal Fever 1 1903 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 3 1 7 4 0 3 0 1904 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 11 4 0 9 3 The total number of deaths from preventable causes being 34. Phthisis and other tubercular diseases account for 13 deaths. Influenza, which was somewhat prevalent in the latter months of the year, for 9.