[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.

Date:: 1898

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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Sickness-rate per 1,000. East. Central. West. St. Mary’s 00 VO 00 3'4 17 o-8 5*9 1897 4*o 2*4 27 10*1 1896 47 2-9 2*9 9*8 1895 3*2 2 ‘I 2*1 7*8 1894 4't 27 i*4 4*9 The presence of the Sanatorium in St. Mary’s Ward has been unjustly accused of contributing- to the excess year after year, as shown in the above tables, Of sickness rate in St. Mary’s Ward. From the first of the above two tables it will be seen that the sickness which was in excess in St. Mary’s Ward, com- pared with other Wards, was diphtheria. The absence of con- nection with the Sanatorium is shown by the fact that out of the 22 cases of diphtheria in St. Mary’s Ward seven only occurred in the Old Town proper and none in the cottages nearest the Sanatorium, whereas eleven occurred in the neighbourhood of Enys Road. Not merely a proportionately larger number, but an absolutely larger number occurred in St. Mary’s Ward than in the East Ward. This is an additional reason, if one were needed, why the Sanatorium should be retained in St. Mary’s Ward, otherwise the cases from that district would have to be carried through the town.