[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Huntingdon R.D.C.

  • Huntingdon (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Huntingdon R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 11 This is 1.5 per 1,000 pop. Deaths from Measles (all ages) 0 „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 0 ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 0 CAUSES OF DEATH IN HUNTINGDON RURAL DISTRICT, 1938. Causes of Death. \11 causes Influenza Tuberculosis Respiratory Other Tuberculosis Cancer Diabetes ... Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. ... Heart Disease Other Circulatory Diseases ... Pneumonia (all forms) Other Respiratory Disease ... Other Digestive Disease Congen. Deb., Premature Birth, etc Senility Other Violence ... Other Defined Disease Ill-defined or Not Known Males. 44 1 1 1 6 1 2 12 4 5 1 1 3 6 Females, 46 1 1 5 6 16 4 1 1 2 3 1 4 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA. Public Heath Officers of the Authority.—One part time Medical Officer of Health, who holds the D.P.H. One whole time Sanitary Inspector who holds the certificate of the Sanitary Institute and is also Inspector under Shops Acts and Food and Meat Inspector. Laboratory, Ambulance, Nursing Clinics and Hospitals are the same as in the last report. A.RP. A Divisional Director has been appointed ; he is Col. Foster of Alconbury. Arrangements for the billetting* of children proposed to be evacuated from London during the crisis were made, and thanks to the energy of all concerned these were completed in a very short time indeed. Fire arrangements are being made with neighbouring brigades.