[Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Moss Side U.D.C.

  • Moss Side (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1894
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Credit: [Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Moss Side U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ooTTUNTT'sr or Lancaster. SUMMARY OF MEDICAL OFFICER’S REPORT FOR 1894. Urban Sanitary District of Moss Side. Area in Statute Acres, 418. | Population, Enumerated 1891—23,833, Population, Estimated 1894—25,000. Name of Medical Officer of Health: S. Hoi.gate Owen, M.D., M. R. C. 1\ Lond. Date of Appointment: August 20/h, 1894. Salary: £Co. Births registered : Male, 253 ; Female, 210—Total, 463. Deaths registered : Male, 154 ; Female, 150—Total, 304. Birth Rate, 18*5. Death Rate, 12T. Rate of Infant Deaths, under one year, to 1,000 Births, I42’5. Death Rate from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases per 1.000 of Population, 1-04. Diseases prevalent ?—Scarlet Fever. Period?—April, June, October, December. What Action taken?—Special School Enquiry, and Precautions to Parents and Teachers. Any Schools Closed?—No. What is the Character of the Hospital Accommodation ?—Manchester Fever Hospital. Is it Joint or otherwise ?—By Subscription, and Special Payments by District Council. No. of Beds ?—About 700. What were the Cases Treated ?—Smallpox, 5 ; Scarlet Fever, 26 ; Typhoid, 7 Diphtheria, 1. Deaths in Hospital ?—Two. From what Causes ?—Typhoid. How is Disinfection carried out ?—Fumigation and Stoving. Apparatus used ?—Jars for Chlorine ; Metal Cylinders for Sulphur. Is the Infectious Disease (Notification) Act in force?—Yes. Are any Diseases not specifically mentioned in the Act notifiable ?—No.
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