[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council.

Staffordshire (England). County Council.

Date:: 1914

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Credit: [Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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following table corresponding figures are given for five quin¬ quennial periods, and for the past year :— diphtheria. S Years 1889-1893. 5 Y ears 1894-1898. 5 Years 1899-1903. 5 Y ears 1904-1908. 5 Y ears 1909-1913. 1914. e Number of Deaths 16 79 91 84 56 76 'S 1 p ( Rate per 1000 . . .. 0-04 0* 19 0-20 0- 16 0-11 0- 16 0 Number of Deaths 20 52 72 28 26 35 Ph 0 Rate per 1000 .... 0-09 0-23 0-31 0- 14 0* 12 0-16 Whooping Cough.—In the Administrative County, 162 deaths occurred from whooping cough, as compared with 131 in 1913, equal to a rate per 1,000 of the population of 0.23, as against 0.19. Of these deaths, 135 occurred in urban districts, or 0.28 per 1,000, and 27 in rural districts, producing a rate of 0.12 per 1,000. In the following table corresponding figures are given for five quinquennial periods, and for the past year ;— WHOOPING COUGH. 5 Y ears 1889-1893. 5 Years 1894-1898. 5 Years 1899-19(3. 5 Y ears 1904- 1908. 5 Y ears 1909-1913. 1914. Cl C Number of Deaths cS V • ^ ( Rate per 1000 . . . . 182 0-47 172 0-42 152 0-34 .5 0-34 132 0-27 135 0-28 ( Number of Deaths ^ < ^ ( Rate per 1000 . . . . 52 0-22 54 0-24 44 0- 19 42 0-20 40 0- 19 27 0- 12 Enteric Fever.—This disease, which must be looked upon as being entirely preventable, caused 25 deaths, compared with 19 in 1913, equal to a rate of 0.03, as against 0.02. Of these, 20 occurred in urban and 5 in rural districts, equalling a rate per 1,000 of the population respectively of 0.04 and 0.02. In the follovnng table corresponding figures are given for five quin¬ quennial periods, and for the past year :—