[Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigan R.D.C.

  • Wigan (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1900
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Credit: [Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigan R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE VIII. Cause of Deaths other than Zymotic Diseases. Phthisis ... Respiratory Diseases Heart Disease Injuries ... Senile Decay All other Diseases 4 29 6 8 6 33 86 TABLE IX. Notification of Infectious Disease. c3 X 13 OS dS 0) Cu S ^ •H S3 a ^ g.® 5 p a CO 0} o OQ ^ |l gi2 o Ph O H a o P Shevington 7 . I . 10 ... 7 1 . . I ... 6 . . 33 . 5 Wrightington ... I . 1 . 1 ... 3 — . . 2 ... 10 . . 18 . 2 Haigh — .. 2 . 6 ... — 1 . . — ... 3 . . 12 . 1 Parbold — . — . 1 ... 8 — . . — ... 3 . . 12 . 1 Dalton 1 . — . — ... — — . . — ... 1 . . 2 . — Worthington ... — .. — . — ... — — . . — ... 2 . . 2 . — 9 .. 4 . . 18 ... 18 2 .. 3 ... 25 .. . 79 . 9 The greatest increase in population has been in the WI’ightington district, and is to some extent accounted for by fresh families coming into the district for employment at the Linoleum Works. The smallest increase is in Worthington. The largest number of births are recorded in Wrightington, which, consequently has the largest birth rate (39'7) ; Parbold being the lowest with a rate of 27'0. On looking at table iv. you will see that Wrightington has the most deaths and the largest death rate, the total deaths being 35 and the rate 2L'39. With a district possessing such rural advantages this is largely in excess of what it should be. Worthington, as in the previous year, has the smallest number of deaths and the lowest rate, viz.: 1 death, which is equal to a rate of 3’1 per annum; and has also a Zomotic rate of nil, two cases of Erysipelas, with no death, being the only notifications received during the year. Table IX. relating to infectious disease, shows that Shevington has had the greatest number of cases (33), Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and Enteric Fever predominating. The majority of the two former diseases being in Crooke. Wrightington comes next with 18 cases. Eiysipelas constituting the greatest number. Dalton, like Worthington, had only two cases, one of Diphtheria and one of Erysipelas. I am glad to say there has been no serious outbreak of infectious disease, though at one time Scarlet Fever threatened us seriously at Crooke, but fortunately we got the outbreak stayed, and there has been no recurrence. The Zymotic mortality rate for the whole district is I’47, and the number of cases notified 72, is 36 more than in previous year, but with only one more death.