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89
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.
TO THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE ST. SAVIOUR'S
DISTRICT.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit to you my Annual Report for the year
ending December 31st, 1892.
During the year there were registered 912 births and 67G
deaths, distributed as follows:—
ln Christchurch 508 births were registered, and in St.
Saviour's 184.
241 deaths occurred in St. Saviour's, and 245 in Christchurch,
and 210 in outlying institutions.
24 deaths occurred in Christchurch Workhouse, 19 of which
belonged to other districts, while, in the case of 8 inquests, the
body was found to he that of a non-resident. This would
represent an annual death-rate of 25.04 per 1,000 of the population,
but as in former years a considerable number of deaths
credited to the district were those of tramps who had spent a
very brief period in a common lodging-house within the
Boundaries of St. Saviour's, it is, however, satisfactory to note
that the death rate is 710 per thousand less than that of last
year. Of the total number of deaths, 161 were under 1 year of
age; 106 between 1 and 5; 26 between 5 and 15 years; 30
between 15 and 25 years; 246 between 25 and 65 years; 184
over 65 years.
The diseases may be classified as follows:—
1. Zymotic.—
(a) Influnza. 15 deaths were due to Influenza, as compared
with 11 in the previous year.
(b) Measles. 21 deaths, as compared with 17 the previous
year ; 8 being under 1 year, and the remainder under 5 years.
(c) Scarlets Fever . 7 deaths were due to Scarlet Fever, out
of a total of 128 cases notified.
(d) Pertussis. 18 cases were due to this disease, as compased
with 21 the previous year.
(e) Diphtheria. 7 deaths were attributed to this cause, out
of 45 cases notified. In the previous year there were 35 notified,
of which 12 died.
(f) Tiphoid. 0 cases of this disease were notified, one of
which died. It is satisfactory to be able to record that the
disease was not contracted within the district in lour instances;
in the remaining cases it was not possible to account for the
primary infection.