[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Wight County Council.

  • Isle of Wight (England). County Council. n 83204987.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Wight County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT ON THE HEALTH OF THE ISLE FOR THE YEAR 1941. To the Chairman and Members of the Public Health and Housing Committee of the Isle of Wight County Council. Lady and Gentlemen, This report is a short one. Some of the usual statistical tables are omitted but the figures are avail- able for future reference. There is no evidence from the Island mortality rates that war conditions have had a detrimental effect on the health of the public. I have the honour to be, Lady and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, JAMES FAIRLEY. County Hall, Newport, I.W. July, 1942. Throughout this Report the figures in brackets refer to those of the previous year. Table I.—Vital Statistics of all Districts—1941. Area. Rural District. Cowes. Newport. Ryde. Sandown- Shanklin. Ventnor. Whole County. England & Wales : Rate per 1,000, Live Birth-rate per 1000 population... 147 15'6 14'4 13'6 13*2 8'9 13*9 14*2 Still Birth-rate per 1000 total (live and still) births 21’6 22'8 557 377 29'0 60'0 36*9 Deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1000 live births ... 59*8 3 l'O 44'0 64'4 2F9 21*3 44*8 59*0 Number of Women dying in or in consequence of child birth— (a) From Sepsis 1 1 1 — — — 3 (b) From other causes — — 1 — — — 1 Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1 — — — —- 1 Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 1 1 — 1 1 — 4 Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) — — — — — — — Crude death-rate per 1000 population 15*3 15'2 11'4 16‘9 16’6 177 15*05 12*9 The birth rate was practically the same as in the previous year, and so also was the infant death rate, the great majority of infants deaths being ascribed as usual to causes in operation before birth. There were 91 illegitimate births as against 60 in the previous year. The total number of deaths was 175 less than in 1940 giving a crude death rate of 15.05 per 1000 (16.5). The deaths of persons over 64 years of age constituted 64.6 per cent, of the total deaths (64.1 in 1940 and 65.8 in 1939). There were 35 deaths from tuberculosis of the respiratory system (44) and 5 from other forms of tuberculosis (6.) Deaths from cancer numbered 162 (192). Three hundred and ninety four deaths were ascribed to diseases of the heart and circulatory system (470).