[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Chiswick (Parish) U.D.C.

  • Chiswick (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Chiswick (Parish) U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ft Infantile Deaths. One hundred and ninety-eight children died aged five years and under (including 111 under one year), which is equivalent to an infantile death rate of 124-8 per thousand registered births, compared with 103*6 for the previous year. For London it was 146, and for England and Wales also 146, and for the great towns 160. The increase of the infantile death rate was due chiefly to measles, enteritis, whooping cough, diarrhoea and premature births. Old Age. Eighty-nine persons attained the age of 65 and upwards, including 37 septuagenarians, 26 octa- genarians, and one reached the age of 91, and another 92. Zymotic Diseases. From the principal zymotic diseases there were 99 deaths, viz :— Scarlet Fever ... ... ... 5 Puerperal Fever... ... ... 2 Diphtheria ... ... ... 6 Croup ... ... ... 1 Whooping Cough ... ... 9 Enteritis ... ... ... ... 18 Diarrhoea... ... ... ... 15 Erysipelas ... ... .. 4 Measles 39 Compared with 46 for 1903. The zymotic death rate was 3*07 per thousand, for the previous year it was 14.