[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Bacup Borough.

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

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    CAUSES OF DEATHS AT ALL AGES. Scarlet Fever 2, Whooping Cough 8, Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 2, Typhoid Fever 2, Epidemic Influenza 2, Diarrhoea 5, Enteritis 2, Gastritis 11, Puerperal Fever 1, Phthisis 23, other Tubercular Diseases 7, Cancer 18, Bron- chitis 42, Pneumonia 19, other Respii-atory Diseases 3, Pre- mature Birth 7, Diseases and Accidents of Parturition 1, Heart Disease 31, Accidents 3, Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of the Liver 2, all other causes 178. ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The seven principal Zymotic Diseases caused 19 deaths, viz. :—Scarlet Fever 2, Whooping Cough 8, Diphtheria 2, Typhoid Fever 2, Diarrhoea 5. The Zymotic death rate equals 0’75 per 1,000. The Zymotic death rate for England and Wales for 1910 equals 0'99 per 1,000. The following- table gives the Zymotic deaths and death rates for the past 10 years :— Year. Zymotic Deaths. Zymotic Death Rate. 1901 24 P06 per 1,000 1902 17 0-75 1903 53 2-35 1904 40 1-74 „ 1905 10 044 1906 38 1-55 1907 26 106 1908 13 052 1909 29 117 1910 19 075 The Zymotic death rate is fairly satisfactory. In 1909 there were 29 deaths, of these 14 wei-e due to Measles. Of the 19 deaths for 1910, 8 were due to Whooping Cough, whilst there was only one death from this disease in 1909. The following table gives the Monthly Returns of Infectious Diseases notified for the year 1910:—