Dr. Theodore Thomson's report to the Local Government Board on persistence of enteric fever in the Swinton and Pendlebury Urban District : and on the sanitary circumstances and administration of the district.

  • Thomson, Theodore.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Dr. Theodore Thomson's report to the Local Government Board on persistence of enteric fever in the Swinton and Pendlebury Urban District : and on the sanitary circumstances and administration of the district. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    From these Tables it appears that the death-rates in Swinton and Pendlebury from all causes, and from diarrhoea, are about the same as the corresponding rates in England and Wales as a whole. The death-rate, however, from the seven principal zymotic diseases is materially higher in Swinton and Pendlebury than in England and Wales ; while the death-rate from enteric plus continued fever in the former is more than double the “fever” rate in the 33 great towns, and two-and-a-half times that of England and Wales. The undue prevalence of enteric fever in Swinton and Pendlebury, already indicated by the death-rate from this cause, is further illustrated in the following Table. This gives the number of cases of enteric fever notified to the Local Authority as having occurred in their district during the years 1890-97, together with the annual attack rates from this cause during that period. In a subsidiary table are added the attack rates per 1,000 persons living in certain towns in England and Wales during the five years 1893-97. The towns selected are those in which the Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889, is in force ; and the attack rate in each instance is based on the number of cases of enteric fever notified under that Act to the Local Authority. TABLE D. Showing the number of cases of enteric fever notified, and the annual attack rate from this cause per 1,000 persons, in Swinton and Pendlebury during the period 1890-97 ; as also the annual attack rates from enteric fever per 1,000 persons in certain towns during the five years 1893-97. Number of cases of Enteric Fever notified in period 1890-97. Annual Attack Rate per 1,000 from Enteric Fever in period 1890-97.. Swinton and Pendlebury 393 1 2*13 Towns. Annual Attack Rates per 1,000 from Enteric Fever during the five years 1893-97. Towns,. Annual Attack Rates per 1,000 from Enteric Fever during the five years 1893-97. Aston Manor •94 London •77 Barnsley 3*03 Macclesfield ... •67 Barrow-in Furness ... •81 Merthyr Tydfil 2-21 Bath ... •32 Middlesbrough 2-41 Birmingham ... 1-00 Newport (Mon.) •98 Bournemouth •19 Northampton •41 Bradford •73 Oxford •47 Bristol and St. George •62 Plymouth •45 Burton-on-Trent 1-07 Salford 1-80 Cambridge 1-15 St. Helens (Lancs.) ... 2-68 Cardiff •56 Sheffield . 1-54 Carlisle •42 Smethwick ... •77 Colchester •53 Southampton •95 Coventry •65 Southport •81 Darlington ... 1-61 South Shields 1-35 Devonport •64 Stockport 1-37 Dover... •36 Tottenham ... 1-52 Eastbourne ... •69 Tynemouth ..- •93 Exeter 1-65 Walsall 1-01 Gloucester •72 Walthamstow 1-59 Grimsby 2*96 West Bromwich 1*42 Hornsey •60 West Hartlepool •95 Hull.. 1-60 Wolverhampton 1-44 *Leeds. 1-09 Worcester . •76 Leyton 1-29 Liverpool 2T7 Fifty towns 1-03 * Leeds from 1895-97 only. 628 A 2