[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough.

  • Cheltenham (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NOTES ON VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1957 Population The Registrar’s estimate of the population of Cheltenham for mid- year 1957 is 68,230 which is 220 more than the estimate for 1956. Death Rate The Crude Death Rate was 11-94, a slightly lower figure than that of last year. The corrected Death Rate (Registrar’s correction factor 0-88) was 10-5 compared with the figure of 11-5 for England and Wales. Birth Rate Live Births in 1957 totalled 1210 which is 23 more than the figure for the previous year. The Birth Rate was 17-73 and is the highest figure since 1949. The Registrar now provides a correction factor for birth rates. For Chelten- ham this factor is 0-97 which gives a rate of 17-19 compared with the rate of 16-1 for England and Wales. The number of Still births, per 1,000 live and still births, was 16-26 (or 15-77 corrected) compared with 22-5 for England and Wales. Causes of Death relating to Cheltenham Residents as given by the Registrar- General for the year 1957. Male Female 1 Tuberculosis, respiratory 4 1 2 Tuberculosis, other ... — — 3 Syphilitic disease 1 1 4 Diphtheria — — 5 Whooping Cough ... ... — — 6 Meningococcal infections — — 7 Acute Poliomyelitis ... — — 8 Measles — — 9 Other infective and parasitic diseases 1 1 10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach 11 15 11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, l5ronchus 22 6 12 Malignant neoplasm, breast — 14 13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus — 5 14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms 35 50 15 Leukaemia, aleukaemia ... 3 2 16 Diabetes 1 3 17 Vacular lesions of nervous systems 40 79 18 Coronary disease, angina 75 47 19 Hypertension, with heart disease 11 6 20 Other heart disease ... 42 85 21 Other circulatory disease 3 24 22 Influenza 3 5 23 Pneumonia 12 17 24 Bronchitis 13 9 Til 370 Total carried forward