[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age. *3 W ^ - U V • T3 (Ti s: c/5 C^ 1 (A -C 1 (A .C C^ C/5 . 1 2 I Total <1; (j V (U 5 c c •M 1 - 1 C 1 = 1 c o C Deaths Cause of Death. 1-H o o 5 5 o O 1 ^ I c O under S rt c -M 1< /si 1 ; t j One c CO o ^ CO Ol GO in IC i ' X I> ? 00 6 2 Year D . „ ( Certified All Causes. ^ Uncertified 11 3 3 2 19 3 ... 3 1 2 3 2 4 1 1 j 5 ' 1 45 /' Small-pox Chicken-pox ... ... ... ... ... i ... 1 ::: i ... Common ' Measles ... ... ... .,. 1 1 Infectious / Scarlet fever ... ... ... 1 ... Diseases. i Diphtheria (including Mem- 1 branous Croup ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 1 ... Whooping cough Diarrhoea, all forms ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 1 3 Diarrhoeal Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastra, enteritis 1 1 J_)lSC£lSCS. Gastritis, Gastra-intestinal Catarrh ... • •• . • . 1 1 / Premature birth 8 2 3 2 15 1 ... . • ■ • . 16 Wasting Diseases. Congenital defects ... Injury at birth Want of breast-milk starvation 1 ... 1 ••• 1 2 [ Atrophy, debility, marasmus r Tuberculous meningitis 2 ... 2 ... ... ... ... i 3 Tuberculous \ Tuberculous peritonitis: tabes Diseases. j mesenterica ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 2 3 Other tuberculous diseases .. ... ... ... Erysipelas ' Syphilis 1 Rickets ... 1 ::: 1 ... ... ... ... i 2 \ Meningitis {not tuberculous) .. ... ... 1 1 2 Other Causes ) Convulsions .. Bronchitis ... ... •• 1 1 ... 1 i 3 1 Laryngitis r Pneumonia ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ’ i ’ 1 1 ”4 ' Suffocation, overlying Other causes ... ... ... . . ... ... 1 ... 1 ... • •• 2 ... 4 11 3 3 2 19 3 3 1 2 2 3 2 4 1 5 1 45 Births in the year, legitimate 561, illegitimate 21. Deaths from all Causes at all ages 342 Cases Notified in Whole District. Notifiable Disease. At all Under 1 to 5 5 to 15 15 to 25 65 and Ages. ]. 25 to 65 upwards. Small-pox Cholera ... ... ... ... ... ... Diptheria (including Membranous croup) ... 27 6 18 2 1 ... Erysipelas 8 3 1 4 Scarlet Fever... Typhus Fever 38 9 24 3 2 Enteric Fever 4 3 1 Relapsing Fever Continued Fever Puerperal Fever Plague ... ... ... ... •• Totals 77 0 18 45 7 0 Infectious Diseases.—The number of cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year 1909 was 77- The lowest number recorded since the introduction of the Act. 55 less than last year, and 59 less than in 1908, viz., Scailet Fever 38, Enteric Fever 4, Diphtheria 27, and Erysipelas 8. The number of deaths notified for the seven principal zymotic diseases were 13, viz.. Measles 8, Diphtheria 2‘ Diarrhoea 3. The zymotic death rate for 1909 was OT per 1,000. For England and Wales the zymotic death rate for 1909 was 1T2. Sanatorium.—The number of cases treated in the Sanatorium was 61, viz., Scarlet Fever 35 out of a total notified of 38, and no death recorded from this disease. Diphtheria 22 out of a total of 27 notified, with 2 deaths for this disease, both deaths were due to the cases not being moved earlier in tbe disease. Typhoid and Enteric Fever the 4 cases notified wete all treated in the Sanatorium and all recovered. These facts show the citizens realize the great usefulness of the Sanatoriurn and the great boon it confers upon them. Measles, this disease was prevalent during the first 6 months of the year causing 8 deaths. The following Schools were closed :—St. Paul’s Infants’, St. George’s, Payne Smiths Infants . and St. Mildred s Infants’. Printed phamphlets will be issued to the teachers, and to the parents whose children are affected with Measles m the hope of preventing the closing of the Schools and limit it to the class affected, or to children under the age of five. Factory and Workshops Act.—The number of Factories, Workshops, &c. in the City is 290, made up as follows . —F'actories 39, Worshops (including 52 Bakehouses, 3 of them underground) 205, and Work-places 46. Lists of out- workers received half-yearly (February and August) 20, the number of hands working at home being 70, 10 in the tailoring trade, 3 brush makers, 3 sack makers, 1 towel maker, and 1 upholsterer. There were therefore 367 places under inspection and these have all been visited by myself and the Sanitary Inspector, some of them, such as bakehouses, twice during t e year. Fifty-two sanitary defects w’ere dealt with. Scarlet Fever.—38 cases occurred during the year, 19 in the Dane John Ward, 16 in the Northgate Ward, and 3 in the Westgate Ward, of these 35 were treated at the Sanatorium and 3 at home. Six cases came from one source of infection, of the cases 3 occurred at one house, two each in four houses and 25 single cases. A lad who had had Scarlet Fever and been an inmate of the Sanatorium at Sittingbourne came on a visit to Canterbury and infected two persons.