Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, 1898
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decreased. If the birth-rate continues to decrease in the same
ratio, the deaths will probably exceed the births in about 15
years time.
The decrease was mainly in East Plumstead.
There were 989 males and 907 females born, namely, 226
males and 227 females in West, and 763 males and 680 females
in East Plumstead.
3. Deaths.—The death-rate, 16.2, was higher than in any
year since 1893. There was an excess of deaths from Measles,
Whooping Cough, Diarrhoea, Influenza, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia,
which accounts for the higher death-rate.
Table A.
1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths from Influenza | 0 | 9 | 44 | 27 | 35 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 26 |
,, Bronchitis and | 93 | 136 | 207 | 176 | 204 | 124 | 166 | 138 | 126 | 151 |
Pneumonia „ Phthisis | 69 | 95 | 114 | 100 | 111 | 70 | 96 | 81 | 96 | 88 |
Total | 162 | 240 | 365 | 303 | 350 | 201 | 279 | 228 | 231 | 265 |
Total deaths, all causes | 759 | 923 | 920 | 849 | 994 | 736 | 930 | 931 | 835 | 1016 |
Table A shews that Influenza, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia
both caused more deaths than in any years but three since
1889.
The deaths of 584 males and 508 females were registered.
4. Meteorology.—1898 was a warm and dry year. The
first and fourth quarters had a temperature considerably above
the average, and the fourth quarter was notable for the