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THE SANITARY CONDITION OF ESSEX.
By J. C. THRESH, D.Sc., M.B. (Medical Officer of Health for the Chelmsford and
Maldon Rural Sanitary Districts.)
THE following statistics have been compiled from the annual
returns of the Registrar-General. The first table has reference
to the ten years 1879-1888, and shews the mean Death-rate from all
causes, from the seven principal zymotic diseases (Small-pox, Typhoid
Fever, Scarlet Fever, Measles, Diarrhoea, Whooping Cough, and
Diphtheria and Croup) and from Phthisis, in the various registration
districts in the county.
Per 1,000 Persons Living, 10 Years, 1879-1888.
In the following table the death-rate for the whole county is
compared with those of the surrounding counties and with that of
England and Wales.