Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1896
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Males. | Females. |
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PARISH. | POPULATION. | AREA IN ACRES. | INHABITED HOUSES | |||
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1881. | 1891. | 1896. | 1881. | 1891. |
Cause of Death. | Diminution in 1896. | Excess in 1896. |
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1895. | 1896. |
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1896. | DISEASED. | DECOMPOSED. | TOTAL |
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- | Corrected Death Rate. | Number of cases of Sickness under care of District Medical Officers. |
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Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (a) | at subjoined ages. Mortality prom all causes. | (i) | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under 5 Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |||||||||||||
At all ages. (b) | Under 1 year. (c) | 1 and under 5 (d) | 5 and under 15 (e) | 15 and under 25 (f) | 25 and under 65 (g) | 65 and inwards (h) | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membraneous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measels. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneunomia, and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. |
Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (a.) | Population at all Ages. | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of health. | Number of such Cases removed from their Homes in the several localities for treatment in isolation hosptl. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Census 1891. (b) | Estimated to middle (c.) of 1896. | (d.)Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. (e) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||||||||||||||||
Typhus,. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. |
DATE. | 2 weeks, 11 Jan. | 2 weeks, 25 Jan. | 2 weeks, 8 Feb. | 2 weeks, 22 Feb. | 2 weeks, 7 March. | 2 weeks, 21 March. | 2 weeks, 4 April. | 2 weeks, 18 April. | 2 weeks, 2 May. | 2 weeks, 16 May. | 2 weeks, 30 May. | 2 weeks, 13 June. | 2 weeks, 27 June. | 2 weeks, 11 July. | 2 weeks, 25 July. | 2 weeks, 8 August. | 2 weeks, 22 August. | 2 weeks, 5 Sept. | 2 weeks, 19 Sept. | 2 weeks, 3 October. | 2 weeks, 17 October. | 2 weeks, 31 October. 2 weeks, 14 Nov. | 2 weeks, 28 Nov. 2 weeks, 12 Dec. | 2 weeks, 26 Dec. | Total, 1896. | Total, 1895. |
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Names of the Medical Officers. | Small Pox. | Chicken Pox. | Measles. | Scarlatina. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Continued Fever. (Typhus and Typhoid). | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Influenza. | Puerperal Fever. | Carbuncle. | Acute Pulmonary Inflammation. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Dysentery. | Diphtheria. | Delirium Tremens. | Insanity. | Syphilis. | Congenital Syphilis. | Lead Poison. | Other Diseases. | All Diseases. | |||
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Bronchitis and Catarrh. | Pleurisy. | Pneumonia. |
1895. MONTHS. | Mean Reading of the Barometer. | Temperature of the Air. | Rain. | |||||||||
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Highest *>y Day. | Lowest by Night. | Range in Month. | Mean of all Highest. | Mean of all Lowest. | Mean Daily Range. | Mean for the Month. | Departure from Average of 125 Years, 1771—1895. | Number of Davs it Fell. | Amount Collected. |