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 Richmond]
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The death rate in 1906 for England and Wales was 0'2 per
1000 above the rate for 1905, which was lower than the rate in any
other year on record.
Wards. | Total Births. | Birth Rate per 1000 living | Total Deaths. | Death Rate per 1000 living. |
---|---|---|---|---|
North | 260 | 25.1 | 108 | 10.4 |
South | 55 | 8.9 | 89 | 7.9† |
East | 221 | 22.3 | 112 | 11.3 |
West | 55 | 11.5 | 36 | 7.5 |
Kew | 45 | 14.2 | 32 | 10.1 |
Total for Borough | 636 | 18.5 | 377 | 11.0 |
t After deducting 40 in the Union Workhouse. |
Chief Epidermic
Diseases, Death
Rate.
I he number of deaths due to the "seven principal
Zymotic Diseases" usually classified under
this heading was 30. This gives a zymotic death
rate of 0.8 per 1000 persons living, as compared
with 1.3 for 1905. The zymotic death rate of England and Wales
for 1906 was 1.73, that for the 76 great towns 2.24, and Rural
England and Wales 118.
Scarlet Fever.—2 deaths.
Measles.—2 deaths, one at 5 years of age and one below 5.
Diphtheria and Croup.—3 deaths.
Whooping Cough. —5 deaths, all below 5 years of age.
Enteric Fever.— 1 death.
Diarrhcea.—17 deaths, 14 of these being below 1 year of age.
*Small pox. measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping cough, fever,
(typhus, enteric, and continued), an i diarrhœa