[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Plymouth Borough.

  • Plymouth (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Plymouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Death-rate of infants under one year of age :— All infants per 1,000 live births (Total deaths 197) ... 46.11 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births (172) 44.43 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births(25) 62.34 Deaths from Puerperal Causes (headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar- General’s Short List) :— Rate per 1,000 total Deaths. (live and still) No. 29. Puerperal and post-abortive births. sepsis ... ... ... 1 0.22 No. 30. Other maternal causes ... 5 1.14 6 1.36 Laboratory The following tables show the bacteriological and Facilities. ° ° pathological work carried out for the City at the Prince of Wales’s (Greenbank) Hospital, Plymouth. 6,882 specimens were examined for the Public Health Authori¬ ties of the City. The nature of these examinations is as follows :— Sputums for Tubercle Swabs for Diphtheria Bacteriological Counts on Milks ... ,, ,, Waters ... Shell-fish.. Hairs for Ringworm Bacteriological Examinations for Infectious diseases— U rines ... ... ... ... ... T. Swabs and Misc. Swabs ... Blood Counts ... ... ... ... ... Blood Agglutinations ... ... ... C.S.F. Examinations ... .... ... Sections ... — . ...v ... Animal Inoculations (Rats) r Examination of Faeces ... ... Ascheim Zondeks ... ... ... h ... Vaccines ... ... .... ... ... Examination of Food (Meat Pies) Miscellaneous ... 2381 2105 988 439 9 3 183 163 259 15 30 23 5 42 1 4 3 229 6882 Total • • • • a •