[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds (England). City Council.
Date:
1910
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Credit: [Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Shewing Births, Deaths, from all and certain causes, Home Patients of the Dispensary, admissions to the Fever Hospitals, and some of the Meteorological conditions and the Death-rates from certain causes in Leeds ; with the Birth and Death-rates from all causes in the 76 large English towns for each of the thirteen weeks ended 1st January, 1910. 1 OCTOBER. NOVEMBER DECEMB ER. -C 1 23 1 id x a I ^ [ Q * 23 rC • 23 23 a c/5 O w (4 1909. CD hH & N 0 m CO 1—1 0 N 0 HH H-i 00 t—< IO <N ►2 < < as < a O -t-J V O -W > 0 > 0 > O > 0 cj V cj cj V cj V (3 fed P > O 0 O 1 O £ £ £ & Q Q Q Q d H < Total Births . 1 209 204 200 177 207 207 209 193 183 186 202 126 208 2,511 11,002 Total Deaths . 2 123 107 107 106 109 126 I 19 139 147 152 133 130 163 1,661 6,854 Under 1 year . 3 27 26 21 17 25 30 18 21 23 32 17 17 29 303 1.350 I to 2 years. 4 5 n 7 4 7 7 6 11 10 8 5 6 9 88 371 2 to 5 years. 5 6 5 7 4 2 3 8 4 7 7 2 5 11 7i 310 5 to 60 years . 6 5i 42 42 40 40 47 52 5i 65 44 58 59 51 642 2,651 60 yrs. and upwards 7 34 31 30 4i 35 39 35 52 42 61 5i 43 63 557 2,172 Deaths: Small-pox.. 8 • . • . . » . . . • • • . . . ... ... • • • • • • • • • Measles . 9 1 . . . 1 •.. 1 1 3 3 2 2 3 2 19 78 Scarlet Fever. 10 1 ... . * * . . . 1 • • . .. • 1 • • • • • • • •« • • • 3 12 *Diphtheria . 11 1 1 .. . 1 1 ... 1 1 • • • 2 1 1 12 65 Whooping-cough.. 12 2 ... 1 2 1 ... 2 ... 3 2 • • • 1 14 83 f Typhus Fever. 13 ... .. » .. . ... ... .. • ... . • . • • • • • • ... • • • 2 f Typhoid Fever ... 14 ... ... 2 2 1 3 3 .. . . . . . •. • •« 2 • • • 13 40 [ Other or doubtful 15 . . . ... *. « . . . • * . .. • .. . • • • •«• • • • # ♦ ♦ • • • •. * •. * • « • Diarrhoea or Dysent. 16 6 4 3 2 2 i 1 ... 1 • • • ... ... 3 23 IIO All seven. 17 11 5 6 8 6 5 8 5 6 5 6 6 7 84 390 Cholera (English) ... 18 • • • • • « • # « «• • • • ♦ ... ... Croup .. 19 28 » • • * . • • • • • • • 1 • • • •. • 1 2 5 Dis. of Resp. System 20 i5 12 13 19 21 26 31 45 47 25 29 45 356 1,486 Influenzal' . 21 . . . 2 . , , .. . • . • • • • . . . 3 2 6 4 1 2 20 104 Phthisis . 22 8 8 8 10 7 11 13 10 13 3 10 15 10 126 548 Dis. of Circul. System 23 22 i5 15 8 12 15 14 11 10 18 20 10 21 191 743 Violent Deaths . 24 3 1 4 0 7 4 10 5 6 8 9 4 8 72 256 Inquest cases . 25 8 6 7 11 12 14 19 13 20 18 16 14 25 183 633 Deaths in Pub. Inst. 26 23 24 29 26 22 23 18 33 29 24 27 37 35 350 1.403 Dispensary: visits pd. 27 213 185 153 i75 206 249 248 274 280 296 312 258 205 3>°54 14,234 Cases admitted to our own hospitals. 28 68 64 84 68 86 56 56 52 i 72 60 64 5i 5i 832 2,322 Barom. (inches) . 29 29-60 29‘59 29-65 29-68 30-02 29-89 30-00 30-06 29-00 29-57 30-o 1 29-22 29-84 29-71 29-83 Attached 1 her. °P ... 30 61 '69 61-15 62-92 56-08 58-54 57-62 52-31 52-54 53'92 5i-3i 53-85 46-83 50-85 55HO 58-81 Dry bulb. 31 56-31 56-77 55-92 43-3I 50-69 44-85 38-85 ;4°54 42-85 41 -46 40-23 35-92 45-23 45-67 50-44 Wet bulb. 32 53-69 53-3I 53-08 39-62 48-15 41-69 3677 37-92 40-85 40-00 38-85 35 *oc 43-08 43-28 46-56 Humidity . 33 83-62 78-77 82-31 7378 82-46 77-3I 82-85 79-69 84-46 87-92 88-69 89-83 84-46 82-71 76-22 Mn. ofhighestreading 34 6i-57 60-43 61-14 47-86 53H3 49-00 43M3 44-7I 45-86 44'M 42-71 3971 48-00 49-38 55-08 ,, lowest ,, 3b 49-H 49-00 49-00 37-oo 43M3 38-43 32-71 33-86 38-29 34-86 37*2 9 29-14 37-oo 39-16 42-25 ,, daily range ... 36 12-43 n-43 12-14 io-86 10-00 10-57 10-72 10-85 7*57 9-28 5M2 10-57 11 -oo 10*22 12-83 Total rainfall (inches) 37 0-72 o‘66 0-41 0-02 0-03 0'02 0’02 1 -48 0-76 0-48 1-78 o-44 6-$2 24-26 Wind iPll'ecl101] -• 38 SW NW SW w SW NE NW NW w NW NW NE NW SW NW SW NE SW W f rorce 0-6 ... 39 3 3 3 3 I 3 I 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 : AmountofCloud 40 ... ... ... ... •• • • • •• ... Birth-rate (Leeds) ... 41 22-5 22-0 21 -6 19-1 22-3 22-3 22-5 20-8 I9-7 20‘I 21-8 13-6 22‘4 20-8 22-8 Death-rate (Leeds)... 42 I3-3 11 *5 11 5 11 4 11-8 13-6 12-8 15-0 I5-8 16-4 14-3 I4’0 17 *6 13-8 I4'2 Death-rate (76towns) 43 12-9 I2-2 I2'0 12-0 13-3 13-8 14-6 16-4 16-5 16-6 15-° 15 4 167 14-3 147 Birth-rate (76 towns) 44 25-1 24 9 26-0 24-7 26-5 257 24-0 M‘3 22’4 24-2 24-5 20-7 24-6 24-4 257 ! D.R. lung dis. (Leeds) ' D.R. 7 Zymotics ,, 45 1 -6 3-0 1-3 1-4 2-0 2-3 2-8 3‘3 4‘9 5i 2-7 31 49 3'o 3r 1 46 I -2 0-5 o-6 0-9 o-6 o-5 0-9 o'5 o-6 o-5 o-6 o-6 o-8 0-7 o-8 the Dispensary returns are furnished me by the kindness of the resident staff, and have regard to a week ended in each case a day earlier than that given in the heading. . le meteorological data are compiled from returns sent us by Mr. Crowther. They are uncorrected readings, mat e at ioa.ni. and 4 p.m. The humidity each week is the average of the humidities calculated on each of the nueen observations of the wet and dry bulbs. On January 17th, 1906, the attached thermometer was removed into an inner room in which there was a fire.