[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans R.D.C.

  • St. Albans (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There were no deaths of children between 1 month and 1 year old in 196?, compared with 2 in the previous year. Considering together the stillbirths those children who died in the first week of life (that is, those children whose death resulted as a complication of pregnancy, and childbirth), the peri-natal mortality rate was 11.0 compared with 15.9 in 1966. Although all of these rates vary from the previous year, all these differences are really very small and all could be due to chance variations. The national figures for England and Wales sure given on page 5 for compairison. DEATHS There were 5II deaths in the district in I967, compared with 552 in 1966. This gives a death rate of 11.9 compared with a death rate of 13.0 in 1966. When these figures are corrected, using the comparability factor provided by the Registrar General (which takes into account the differences in age, composition of the population, difference in sex incidence in the population, and makes allowances for the deaths occurring in the mental hospitals in the district) the death rate treated in this way becomes 8.2 in 1967 and 8.7 in I966. The death rate for England and Wales to be compared with this is 11.2. There is nothing special about the causes of death in this area after one has made allowances for the deaths in the large mental hospitals in the district. Diseases of the heart and arteries account for most of the deaths, with cancers being the second cause of death. Coronary Artery Disease This was the heart disease causing the most deaths. ^9 men and 30 women died of this disease. The ages at which they died can be seen in the Table set out below. Age of Death 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- 75+ Total M F M F M F M F M F M F M F - - 1 6 1 11 3 15 3 16 23 49 30