[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.

  • Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MONTHLY DEATH RATE FROM ALL CAUSES. The Monthly Death Rates from all causes for the past 10 years is given below, but deaths of residents dying away from home are not included, as the figures were not available when the Monthly Reports were presented. Non-residents have been ex- cluded, so the rates are corrected for actual deaths in Dudley. 1910 1911 1912 1913 I9I4 I9I5 1916 !9X7 1918 1919 January 14-9° '3 4 18-20 i6‘34 18*o 16-71 17-06 17-01 10-83 x4‘63 Febru try 17'23 15-08 2579 13'64 18-51 ! 7 2 5 1464 17*55 T4'4 T9'25 March *4-36 16-03 I4‘4I 17-42 18-o 1 !4-63 16-56 l7‘3 •s3 77 ]9'5 April 15 H '33 ,o*3i 21 OI 22 90 ?4'°9 T9 77 i3*48 21 -26 May 12 44 io'6 16*43 13-89 17 OI 16-32 17-4 16 -4 x5'21 14*8 June I 2*2 10-43 80 4 i6t6 12-4 1 2 06 <4'83 10-13 961 7-2 Ju. & Auys 22-63 *3’49 9-27 x3'4 9 54 10-38 9‘49 8-92 10-4 8’o September I I 46 l7 °4 12-43 1851 11 -69 8-9 7 9 8 81 13*96 7 ‘9 October ICT29 20 35 8 0 r43! 9'52 13 '84 10-9 8*24 14 0 10-9 November 12*44 9 5 11 ’25 *573 r4’32 r5'32 10-38 9-81 10-47 75 December I I 48 16‘28 9'85 16-76 14-09 18 05 12-36 10 83 25-27 11 -i Infant Mortality.—The Deaths registered under one year of age were 138 in number, and the number of Births was 1,307. The Infantile Mortality Rate is 105.5, which is a considerable decrease upon the previous year, when the figure was 132. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. ENTERIC FEVER. Two cases of Typhoid or Enteric Fever were notified during the year, both in young boys. One occurred in St. James’ Ward, the other in St. Thomas’ Ward. One was removed to the Borough Hospital, and both made a good recovery. In one case a similar illness had occurred in a brother, who when I saw him had almost recovered from the convalescent stage, removal to Hospital pre- vented any further illness in the house. The of her boy had been taken with his mother to a farm in Worcestershire for the hop- picking ; it would seem, as if the boy contracted the disease there. A communication was sent to the Medical Officer of Health of the district; on their return to Dudley the other hop-pickers were visited in their homes, but fortunately none of their contacts suffered with Typhoid Fever.