[Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Spilsby R.D.C.

  • Spilsby (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1897
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Credit: [Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Spilsby R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The percentage of deaths under one year was l'G5 below the average of the last ten years. Out of the 459 births, 47 or 10’24 per cent, died during the first year of life. The percentage of deaths above 60 was 53*61. Class I. Zymotic Diseases 1896. 8 1897. ■12 II, Cancerous Diseases 23 21 III. Tubercular Diseases ... 33 28 IV. Diseases of Brain, &c. 46 37 V. ,, Heart, &c. 43 42 VI. ,, Lungs, &c. 35 51 VII. „ (Stomach, Liver, &c. 15 15 VIII. ,, Kidneys, &c. 7 15 IX. „ Women and Childbirth ... 4 1 X. ,, Skin &c. 0 0 XI. Debility, Atrophy, and Marasmus 9 10 XII. Developmental Diseases 10 11 XIII. Old Age 39 55 XIV. Violent Deaths... 8 12 XV. Causes not specified ... 7 11 The 12 deaths in the class of Zymotic Diseases were made up of Measles 2, Diphtheria 2, Whooping Cough 2, Enteric Fever 1, Diarrhoea 1, Erysipelas ], and Influenza 8, and these have already been alluded to. The Death-rate per 1000 of the seven principal Zymotic Diseases amounted to *37. The Death-rate for England and Wales for the same Zymotic Diseases was 2*15 per 1000, against 2*17 and 2.21 respectively in the preceding two years.