[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Newton-in-Makerfield U.D.C.
- Newton-le-Willows (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1896
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Newton-in-Makerfield U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![*> • \ • / New Cases of Infectious Sickness. Under 5. 5 upwards. d'ot ll. Scarlatina ()2 118 175 Diphtheria 11 () 17 Enteric or Typhoid Fever ... 5 25 m Ctintinned Fever 2 I o Puerperal ... — 2 2 Erysipelas 1 18 14 Jlottvl ••• 81 IGO 241 Cases Removed to Isolation Host TTAL. Under 5. 5 upwaards. Total. Scarlatina 28 54 82 Enteric or Typhoid Fever 1 5 G i OtcLl ••• ••• 29 59 88 From these Tables we arrive at the following faclSj viz. (a) That the Infantile Death-rate was 11*1 cnit.] (h) That the Chilil Death-rate (under 5 years) was 41*4 per cent, of the total number of deatlis; (c) That the cases of Infectious Sickness noticed (241) were IG'9 per 1,000 of the estimated population; (d) That the Death-rate from six principal Zymotic diseases was 1'7 j)er 1,000; and that all the Deatlis from Zymotic disease were I'8 per 1,000 of the estimated population. There was not a case of Small-pox during the Year. The solitary case (fatal) tabulated under the head of ‘‘Cholera’’ was that of a child certified to have died (at 4 months old) of “ Cholera Nostras” (synonym, English Cholera), but neither was the case notified, nor the duration of the disease certified. It occurred in August. There were only seven other deaths from Diarrhmal disease certified, and as some of these w'ere, doulitless, primarily due to Dentition and improper feeding, it may be stated that there Avas com})lete immunity from Se.ai^onal Bowel Com])laints.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29910031_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
