[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Alton U.D.C.

  • Alton (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Alton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deate rate of Infants under 1 year of age II il II SI II 1 SI II rl (England & Wales ) 6.57 32.00 DfiaihS-if-PJF, : - . Cancer (all ages) Measles u Whooping Cough (all ages) Diarrhoea (Under 2 years ) 23 Nil Nil Nil 5Sii^e§_rQ.L Death . 1. Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fevers Cerebro-sp inal Fever Scarlet Fever Whoopirg Cou^h Diphtheria Tuberculosis (Respiratory ) 2 (Non-respiratory) Syphilis Influenza Measles Acute Poliomyelitis & Polio-encephalitis - Acute infective encephalitis Cancer (Buccal Cavity & Oesophagus ) 2 n (stoirach) 1 3 li (Breast) '' (All other sites) 6 Diabetes Intr a -Cranial Vascular lesions Heart Diseases Other Diseases of Circulatory System Bronehil is Pneumonia Other Respirator y Diseases Ulcer (Stomach & Duodenum) Diarrhoea (Under 2 years of sge) Appendicitis Other Digestive Diseases 28. Nephritis' 29. Puerperal & Post-abortive Sepsis Other Maternal Causes Pranature Birth Congenital Malfornations, Birth injury & Infantile Diseases Suicide Road traff ic accidents Other violent causes All other causes Molss-i Mai* 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 2 1 3 6 4 4 3 12 6 15 2 3 31 5 3 2 9 46 7 7 3 1 1 3 6 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 1 3 1 1 2 6 55 65 120 The highest mortality resulted from Heart Diseases and these were exclusively amongst the aged. The total number of Notifications for Infectious Diseases during the year excluding Tuber culosi s. was 98. Measles, Whoopirg Cougn and Scarlet Fever accounted for 3D 9 and 40 notifications respect- ively. No case of Diphtheria or Food Poisoning was notified dur- ing the yoar. A total of 12 cases of Tuberculosis, i.e. Pulmonary (8; and non-pulmonaiy (4) were notified during the jpar. There was a total of 70 cases of Tuberculosis both Pulmonary and non-pulmonary on the Register during the year under report. -2-