[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Cannock U.D.C.

  • Cannock (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Cannock U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths nridor Year. •i I'OTAI. lilUl'IIS I’OK YICAKS — ISW) !«'.)() lKi)l 1S!)2 ISiK! I'.D-i 1895 189() 1897 1898 788 8’S 877 909 fS8.S SK) 801 780 810 83(j Birth rate at 17 .j. 1 •()7 .1-2'57 I'l'M- 12'i;8 10 41 35'45 38’45 38 looe ofIKip. “ TOTAI- OOA'I'JIS fOi: VKAUS ISS'.I 1S90 ISO! 1892 1893 1894 1895 1890 1897 1898 ;,M :!25 !77 4-1 i l-.l 331 347 378 310 389 Death rii to lit ju'r 1 r>-9;! 23'15 21 20‘14 15'70 1()'5 17'18 14'30 17'08 KKIO of i)()|). “ Cansock' Wai!I).- In tin’s a\ itnl necurred oO deaths (cxehuling' the \\Oiklioiise, in wliicli one deatli oeeui'retl), indicating a ileatli iatt\ liased oti l lie ward s Hj))>noxiinately estimated pojnilation, of (Jd) per lOf/l, as ap:aitist 4'? for the jireceding yeai-. Hkdxksfoim) Waud.—In this wai-d occurred 41 deatlis, indicating’ a death rate of 5’4 per iOWon its ajipi oximately estimated jiopnlation, as afjcainst .! for the preceding ) ear. CilADSMOOR Wai!D.—In this ward oeeurred oC deaths, indicating a death rate of 7'7 ]» r lOOO on its ajiproxi- itiately estimated population, as against 5 for the pre- ceding year. O V The infantile moitality in ihe three wards, reckoned upon tlm births rf'gistm ed during i lie year, is at the rate of 17-7 per cent., as against ll-d jicr cent, for the preceding year, and ll)'41 ])er cent, foi’ the year LSOG. The total numher of deaths under 1 year in the district ainonnts 148, giving a death rate of (v / ])cr against 115 recorded for the preceding year, with a death rate of 4’8. Of the above deaths. ‘24 occurred from diarrha'a, 28 fi’oni pi’cmature birth, 1(5 Irmn marasmus, IG from con- vulsions, Id from mcash's. 10 from atcdcctasis oi’imjierfect ai'ration of lungs, and dl from bronchitis and jmeunionia, besides case's recorded of gastritis and dysjiepsia due to had feeding. Some of the.se deaths have been brought about by unavoidable factors, such as the excessive summer heat of last yc'ar, the measles I'pidi'inic. and thenatui’al j)revalence| of bronchitis and ]>neunionia in this disti’ict, but it can hip safely a.s.scrtcd that a gmed many of them would We avoided were it nol foi' citln'r parental ignorance or eai'V lessness as regards rhe feeding and clothing of infants. 'I'lie number of de.’ilhs from premature birth, maras- mus, and ateh'ctasis jioints also to imjirovideut and early marriages resulting in congenitally teeble offspring with unnealthy home surroundings.