[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough.

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

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    It will be seen that of the half-timers 54 obtained hours sleep, 53 obtained 8 hours sleep, and 13 as little as 7 hours. Those who obtained 10^ hours were mostly girls, who were domiestic half-timers. It appears clear then, that the practice of sending children aged 12 years, to work in the mill as half-timers, results in their obtaining too little sleep, and on that ground alone must be injurious to health. PREVALENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The total number of cases of Infectious Diseases notified to the Health Department, under the Infectious Diseases Notification Act for the year 1910, was 215. This is 173 less than in the previous year, and also 99 less than the average for the preceding five years. There were 140 cases of scarlet fever, 9 of diphtheria, and 35 of enteric fever. The death rate from the principal epidemm diseases, which include measles, whooping cough, and diarrhoea during the year was i'7 per 1,000, compared with 1-7 in 1909, 1-7 in 1908, 2-0 in 1907, 1-8 in 1906. The corresponding death rate for the 136 smaller towns was 0'88. Our rate is much in excess of this owing chiefly to the number of deaths from typhoid fever and whooping cough. Zymotic Death Rate in Wakds. St. Peter’s. Portland. Market. St. Michael’s. I • I 17 27 1-5