[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Calne & Chippenham R.D.C.

  • Calne and Chippenham (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Calne & Chippenham R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEA.THS ' Male Female Total 110 86 196 Crude Death Rate for the District 5*4 Adjusted Death Rate for the District 7ml* Death Rate for England & Wales 11*7 The population figure includes memhers of the Armed Forces stationed in the area and the Death Rate is based on this populationo To make an approximate allowance for the v/ay in which the sex and age distribution of the local population differs from that for England & Vitales as a whole, , the Crude Death Rate for the area is multiplied by the Area Comparability Factor (ie lo32)* The Rates given above are lower than those given for the year 1954 which were as follows Crude Death Rate^ » . . • « . .5<»S Adjusted Death Rate •7*6 Death Rate for England & Wales,llo3 CAUSES OF DEATH« Male Female Total Tuberculosis,Respiratory 2 1 3 Tuberculosis,other -> — — S3/p)hilitic disease - - - Diphtheria - — Whooping Cough - - — Meningococcal infections — Ac. Poliomyelitis - — Measles — — — Other infective and parasitic dis. ... - Malignant neoplasm stomach 3 2 5 ” Lung, Bronchus 4 1 5 ” ”■ Breast - 7 7 '' ” Uterus — ■Pa« Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms 11 11 22 Leu;>caemia, aleuka emia 1 1 Diabetes 1 .i. 1 Vascular lesions of nervous system 6 16 22 Coronary disease angina 22 8 30 Hypertension with heart disease - 3 3 Other heart disease 1*^ 9 24 Other circulatory disease 10 9 19 Influenza >. Pneumonia 3 1 4 Bronchitis 4 2 6 Other diseases of respiratory sys. — — Ulcer of stomach and duodenum 1 1 2 G-astritis enteritis and diarrhoea mm Nephritis and nephrosis 2 2 4 Hyperplasia of prostate 2 — 2 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion - 1 1 Congenital malformations 2 1 3 Other defined and ill»-defined diseases 9 8 17 Motor vehicle accidents 8 1 9 All other accidents 2 2 Suicide 2 2 4 Homicide and operations of war - - TOTALS:- 110 86 196 Deaths from Cancer^Coronary Disease and Heart Disease' were the main contributory causes of death in the Rural District durjuig 1955 c