The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-04-22 00:00:00

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

•
The following report was presented by Dr. Day, to the
Rural Sanitary Authority, at a late meeting at the County
Hall Dombesetar, Mr. H. IL Middletos in the mar
To Mis Preeiding Chairman of the Aware*. Rural
sanitary A stUrity.
presenting my annual report it gives me
pleasure to her in a pakten to state that the district
outmoding N.B. to Da lish and 81 to Warmish], and
comprising an area of 28.496 acres, with. p 'sedation of
5.071. including the inmates of the Workhouse, has been
In a very satisfactory conditiac. aa will be seen from the
following remarks respecting Athelhanopton, Burlsotone,
Broarnayea, Derlish, Fordieston, Puddlehinton, Puddle-
town, Stinsfard, Ttecleton, Tolpudiiin Warmrell, Water.
cernbe. West Kniguton, West Stafford, Whitt-webs,
Wiaterbores, Cana Winterborne Hardener'.• , Woods-
ford, and the Union Workhouse, Dorchester. Moreover,
from all the °Medal returns published, it must be &Moo 4-
lodged that the health of Darer, mac-tally this particular
part, whether it he Judged by its somatic mortality or by
Its general death-rate, compares very favourably ladeed
with the other counties of Ragland. I cannot diecoar
anything in the whole district likely to affect injuriously
the public health, which haa not been endeneeral by wy
outbreak of danmeroue ropid•-mic diseases. Many sanitary
improvements have been elf coted in various parts daring
the twelvemonth, withal' having incurs's& any great
mamas • fall particulars of thew have been laid before
you at the meetings of the Authority by your inspector,
ntng the nymotic disarm no deaths have reaulted
from either scarlet fever, small-pox, or dialwria,
Two children, however, with measles died, having been at
the YON time attacked with broechitia, which complica-
tion ended fatally in both cams A child was stated to
have died of measles, but the mom was not certified by a
medical gentleman. Too succumbed under diarrhea,
and one under whooping eough this disease and dipther
were on the increase during 1018 : but in this county the
gametic death-rate was only 084 per 1000. There have
been sewn recoveries from dance 4 four from fever (two
being enteric), three from whooping cough, and one from
measles Typhoid fever made its appearance in Puddle.
town, haa proved fatal in lurdington to a woman aged 76,
and in Bradmayne. Hamer, it is only right to bay
that the prompt nagestarm taken to arrest It. progress
were entirely suocessful tor in neither waa there the
slightest spread of the disease, and that having analysed
the water, I was unable to find the cause either in is, le
the milk, or in the surronedesp of the cottages. Without
doubt, therefore, it is to be found, if anywhere, outside
the district, whence the patients had only recently come,
previous to their losing treated for the disame. Deaths
especially referable to this year, it should be noted, hive
bow Increasing, taking the Gantry emerally, and now
reach the annual rate of 0.48 per 1000. Neither rocz,tz
dyaaaaleip, cholera, typhus fever, non cancer have
any deaths. It is worthy of remembrance that more than
15.0616 of the moms of deaths during October, November,
and December last were brought about by the very severe
weather experienced before Christmas; that the females
sawed more than the maim ; that the mortality due
simply to this cause was greeter in rural than
in whoa districts, which is attributable to the
greeter number of elderly people living in the
villages; that the increased mortality was equal to 247
enemy people over 011—the highest on record, and that it
out. reached eight per cent. In those under that age. The
birth-rate for Ragland and Wales bet year was equal it
359 and the death-rate to 21.7 per 1500. the annual
birth-rate of the dettriet is ex wily 117 par 1.000 of apula-
tioa, excluding the Workhouse, in which five children
have been born, four of there being female*, the death-
rats being 111 per LOOS *alluding the Workhouse, in
which 11 deaths, mare being maw, have caxarrad
amongst the 70 inmates, rig , a male and female, each six
weeks old, a little girl aged three veers, sal six runi
-hoes Nies respect vely were 91, IF, 78, 77, 75, an 61,
making no aggregate of MS years awl an average of 78,
onessixtti MM, the two won in's ages amounting to IS,
brings the female average to 781 yews. From this it is
evident the Wroh-rate exceeded the death-ram be 10.8 per
1009; the total number of birth. baba.
female, 71/sn4 the deaths 87 (males 47 and founeles 401. Ot
Wows 15 died without attaining one year, beige p wisely
carainth of the number born, that is one in 333 3 of the
population, but V lived over 60 years, 33 of teem being
roocalc4r ames varying from five to Ti yews, and were
registered ea follows, ills December, 12 la January, eight
in the moans of Krick Moy, June, Jitly, and August, in
April 5, four in the month of February and November,
and three oaly in Ootober, Id of them died in the perish
of Puddietown, one ball being males, this we should
expect, fat its acreage 7.110, and it has 1.219 inhabitants,
thus the population of the whole cludriet haa increased by
M. The greatest number of deaths in one week, that
ending Dmetelaw 21, was six, none were entered on the
resistor during a week in February, Kay. June. July,
end December, and during e fortnight,. Anima, onlabar.
and Nomaiber. Of the ale causes 18 deaths out of the
57 (hen being under firs years old) were doe to bronchitis
(11 males), either acute or chronic, 11(4 males) to heart
cheeses ; the wawa.. of 11 dying of old age was 834,
stelae ea avenge of 83.4 yews ; of the" • man living to
be 91 rear. old died in the Workhouse, and • woman 90
at Peddlehinton, 10 ware due to oonsomption (half males),
three to &seem ot the liver and brain ; dentition caret-
does and typhoid fever rating to each, Infant mortality
rueeln 11511 to 153, from 141 and 126 per 1,000 in the two
previous years. owing to the intones Wet in the summer
eisaisp diarrhea to be on fatal generally; however. I
have to mord but one death from it Epilepsy, apoplexy,
Z:mryhasal.ilarougurtwb ended
fatally
Lin on;
'newt:raw:
Exlielapecery at Brach:ayes, upon whom
inquest was held July 19M, by the Deputy
. No person has been suspected of exposing for
Ml. say animal, came., now, poultry. isoie, theb, fish,
Trait, vegetables, Own, bread, or flour, deemed to be
diseased. amount& mama...owe. Or haat fOr the food of
man. Nothing tot rrious to health has result st from any
bakehouse, workshop, or smeachter-house. Having filled
in and appended for your portant the usual returns, con-
comma the Seethe, skews% Ic,. in this district, and
haring sent • copy of then and this report to Govern-
ment,
"I boil to main, deer Sir,
" Yours obediently,
"R. J. DAT.
°heist"Medical Officer of Health for Zest= half of the Dix-
Usiou.
"The Presiding Chairman, Reral Saultury Authority.
" lehrasup 1,09."