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HAMPTON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
Medical Officer's Report.
HAMPTON,
February 3rd, 1898.
Gentlemen,
I herewith present my Annual Report for the year ended December 31st, 1897.
The number of deaths registered is 80, made up as follows :—
Under 5 years of age.
Whooping cough 4
Diarrhoea 13
Bronchitis 2
Other Diseases 8
Total 27
Five years and upwards.
Typhoid Fever 1
Puerperal Fever 1
Rheumatic Fever 1
Phthisis (Consumption) 7
Bronchitis, or Pneumonia 4
Heart Disease 8
Injuries 4
Other Diseases 27
Total 53
As to Ages.
Under 1 year 26
1, and under 5 years 1
5, „ 15 „ 2
15, 25 „ 6 ."
25, ,, 65 ,, 32
65, and upwards 13
Total 80
We therefore get the rate of deaths per 1,000 as 13.3, a rise as compared with last
year, which was 11.16.
The number of births registered was 163, last year it was 157; an increase of 6.
This year the death rate per 1000 of Infants under one year is 159, an increase of
about 50 per cent, as compared with last year, which was 108. This was caused by
Diarrhoea, which prevailed to a great extent during the months of August and September.
At that time the temperature was continuously high, reaching sometimes to 90 or 91 in the
shade. It will be noticed that 13 deaths took place from this disease in the year, all under