[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Oswaldtwistle U.D.C.

  • Oswaldtwistle (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Oswaldtwistle U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 * Health Department.} Town Hall} 0 swaldtw istle} August 1946• To The Chairman and Members of the URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL OF OOTAIDOTISmU Mr* Chairman> Mesdames and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you my interim Report on the Health and Sanitary Administration of Oswaldtwistle* for the ye&r ending December 31st* 1945 ♦ The various rates in this report are based upon the Registrar General’s estimate of the population fdr the mid-year 1945* The live birth rate is lower being 14#5 psr 1,000 and is a decrease of 1*3 on 1944, and still compares- unfavourably with the rate for England and Wales (16*1 per 1,000) The death rate is higher than last year, being 15 *7* The death rate in 1944 was 14*5* It is higher than the death rate for the whole country, which was 11*4* The infantile mortality rate was higher than last year, being 58 per 1,000 live births* This i an increase of 26 over last year, when the figure was 32 per 1,000 live births* The figure for England and Wales is 46 per 1,000 live births* The death rate from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System is lower than last year, being 0*51 as against 0*68 of last year* This is a decrease of 0*17* The death rate for Cancer was 2*13 as against 1*97 last year, being an increase of 0*16®