[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Belper U.D.C.

Belper (England). Urban District Council.

Date:: 1939

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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Belper U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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GANGER DEATHS UP. Three more deaths due to Cancer is shown by the returns for this year in comparison with those for the previous year. Twelve males and eleven females died as a result of this complaint during the year, and the average age at death was: Males, 65 years ; Females, 67 years. INFANTILE MORTALITY. Details of the deaths under this heading are as follows; Age. Cause of Death. 1 month Prematurity. 5 days Debility from birth. 3 days Prematurity. 6 months Gastro Enteritis. 6 days Exhaustion. 4 days Heart Failure. 3 months Marasmus. 11 months Acute Bronchitis. 8 months Bronchial Pneumonia. 15 hours Prematurity. 2 weeks Cardiac failure.