Public Health Reports (1881) Volume 4 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: WEEKLY ABSTRACT OF SANITARY REPORTS. Treasury Department, Office Supervising Surgeon-general, U. S. Marine-hospital Service, Washington, D. C., January 18, 1889. Abstract of Sanitary Reports received through !he Department of State from foreign countries during the week ended January 18, 1889, and information received through other channels. (Published in accordance with section 4, act approved April 29, 1878.) England and Wales.?The deaths registered in 28 great towns of England and Wales during the week ended December 29, corresponded to an a n un;i 1 rate of 20.8 a thousand of the aggregate population, which is estimated at 9,398,273. The lowest rate was recorded in Bristol and Hull, viz., 12.9, and the highest in Cardiff', viz., 30.8 a thousand. Diphtheria caused 9 deaths in Manchester, 3 in Salford, 3 in Preston, and 3 in Liverpool. Small-pox caused 1 death in Bradford. London.?One thousand six hundred and forty-one deaths were registered during the week, including measles, 147; scarlet fever, 20; diphtheria, 34; whooping-cough, 28; enteric fever, 8; diarrhoea and dysentery, 14. The deaths from all causes corresponded to an annual rate of 20.0 a thousand. Diseases of the respiratory organs caused 412 deaths; different forms of violence, 52; and 4 cases of suicide were registered. In greater London 2,053 deaths were registered, corresponding to an annual rate of 19.4 a thousand of the population. In the "outer ring" the deaths included measles, 17; whooping-cough, 1, and fever, 2. Ireland.?The average annual death rate represented by the deaths registered during the week ended December 29 in the 16 principal town districts of Ireland was 21.1 a thousand of the population. The lowest rate was recorded in Wexford, viz., 4.3, and the highest in Belfast, vi...