[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Harrogate Borough.

Harrogate (England). Borough Council. nb2014025795.

Date:: 1896

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Credit: [Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Harrogate Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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MORTALITY AT EXTREMES OF LIFE. Under 5 Years : 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 Totals 56 54 41 76 61 60 67 Rate per 1000 ... 4-4 3-8 2-8 4-9 3-8 3-6 3-8 60 Years and over : Totals 83 98 80 97 89 98 65 Rate pei 1000 ... 6-4 7 5-5 6-2 5-5 5-9 3-7 Averages for 7 years : Under 5 years, 3'8 ; 60 years and over, 5-7 ; totals of both, 9-5. N.B.—All Visitors are included in this table. DEATHS FROM SPECIAL CAUSES. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. Totals Rate per 1000. Totals Rate per 1000. Totals Bate per 1000. Totals Rate per 1000. Totals Bate per 1000. Totals Bate per 1000. Totals Rate per 1000. Infectious Diseases 4 •2 4 ■2 2 •1 2 •l 9 •48 1 ■05 1 •05 Pulmonary Phthisis 14 1-07 16 IT 16 IT 13 •8 19 IT 19 IT 20 IT '^Respiratory Organs 49 3-7 44 3T 39 2-6 42 2-7 38 2-3 37 2-2 40 2-2 Organs of Digestion 26 Q 20 1-4 16 IT 33 2-1 17 1 27 1-6 10 •5 f Nervous Diseases... 30 2-3 26 1-8 34 2-3 44 2-8 44 2-7 40 2-4 43 2-3 Circulatory System 21 1-6 32 2-2 26 1-8 24 1-6 28 1-7 26 1-5 20 IT Urinary Organs 11 •8 5 •4 6 •4 7 •4 7 •4 8 •4 4 ■2 * Pneumonia included. f Convulsions included. MORTALITY FROM THOSE INFECTIOUS DISEASES ONLY AS SPECIFIED IN THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFICATION ACT. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. Smallpox Cholera Diphtheria Membraneous Croup Erysipelas Scarlet Fever /Typhus .. Typhoid .. Relapsing Continued Puerperal.. Fevers * Totals Bate per 1000. Totals Bate per 1000. Totals Bate per 1000. Totals Bate per 1000. Totals Bate per 1000, Totals Rate per 1000. Totals Bate per 1000. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. 1 •06 3 •18 nil. nil. 1 •05 nil. nil. nil. nil. 1 •06 1 ■06 2 T2 nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. 1 •06 nil. nil. nil. nil. 1 •06 nil. nil. 1 •07 nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. 2 •12 nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. 1 •06 nil. nil. 1 •06 1 •06 nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. 1 •06 nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. nil. 1 •07 nil. nil. 3 •18 3 •18 8 •48 2 •12 1 •05 Average for 7 years : 0‘ 15, with all Visitors included. DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES. Males Females. Total. Measles ... — 4 4 Diphtheria — 1 1 Whooping Cough ... 1 1 2 Diarrhoea 3 2 5 Chronic Alcoholism — 2 2 Rheumatism ... 1 — 1 Pyaemia ... — 1 1 Cancer 7 9 16 Scrofulous Diseases 1 — 1 Pulmonary Phthisis 10 10 20 Diseases of the Nervous System 11 16 27 Convulsions ... 10 6 16 Diseases of Organs of Circulation 10 10 20 „ Respiratory Organs ... 8 9 17 „ Organs of Digestion 6 4 10 ,, Urinary Organs 2 2 4 ,, Uterus and Ovaries — 2 2 Childbirth — 1 1 Premature Birth ... — 1 1 Marasmus 2 2 4 Old Age ... 8 9 17 Accidents 5 2 7 Influenza 3 2 5 Pneumonia 7 6 13 Debility 6 1 7 Diabetes 2 1 3 Tuberculosis 3 7 10 Anaemia ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 1 3 Suicide ... 2 — 2 Totals 110 112 222 All Visitors included, viz., 41, making 181 deaths of Residents only.