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In no sense was the disease epidemic, and was usually attended by
some other condition, such as Bronchitis and Pneumonia.
Since 1889 the following are the number of deaths directly ascribed
to Influenza:—
Years—1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902
Deaths 3 21 25 10 9 23 10 7 19 30 20 6 13
PUERPERAL FEVER—LYING-IN FEVER.
Seven cases of Puerperal Fever were notified during the year and 10
deaths were certified as due to "Accidents and Diseases of Parturition,"
compared with ten notifications in 1901, and five deaths.
Under the heading Puerperal Fever are included "Septicfemia,
Pyaemia, Septic Peritonitis, Septic Metritis, and other septic inflammations
in the pelvis, occurring as the direct result of childbirth."
The infectivity of Lying-in Fever is so marked, and its fatality so great,
that in every case careful enquiries are made as to the sanitary
conditions of the house and the likely source of infection. The nurse
in attendance is instructed how to act and advised to abstain from
attendance on others for four weeks and until she has had her clothing
disinfected by boiling and washing, or at the Council's disinfecting station.
In no cases could the nurse in attendance be held liable for infection.
The death rate from "Accidents and Diseases of Parturition" was .09
per 1,000, or about the average for England and Wales.
PHTHISIS OR CONSUMPTION
Eighty-seven deaths were registered from this disease as compared
with 86 the previous year. Including Tuberculosis of Meninges and
other forms of Tuberculosis, the deaths due to this preventable disease
were 124, equal to a rate of l.2 per 1,000 of the population Two in
every 19 persons dying died from Tuberculosis. The death-rate from
Tuberculosis of the lungs, or consumption, was 85 per 1,000, or about
half what it was for England and Wales during the period of 1886-1890.
The deaths from Tuberculosis in England and Wales during the
period 1881-90 was 2.4, or three times greater than your district for the
year under review.
Of the total deaths in the district 7 in every 13.4 were from Consumption,
compared with 1 in 15 for 1901.