[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Wisbech Borough and Port Health Authority.

  • Wisbech (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Wisbech Borough and Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Wisbech. Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour of submitting to you my report on the general health of the Borough for the past year, ending 31st December, 1954. General Statistics. Area 4,666 acres. Estimated resident population mid-1954, 17,170. Rateable Value £91,175. Sum realised by a penny rate, £345. Number of inhabited houses, about 5,281. Live Births. Total M. F. Legitimate . . 272 124 148 Illegitimate . . 23 17 6 Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident popula¬ tion mid-1954, 17T8. Still Births. Total M. F. Legitimate . 4 2 2 Illegitimate . 1 1 0 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 18*05 Deaths . 285 144 141 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated average popula¬ tion, 16*5. The comparable figures for towns of approximately the same size are as follows: — Birth rate per 1,000 . 15*7 Death rate per 1,000 . 11.3 Death rate of infants under 1 year of age.24*3 In the Borough there is a School Clinic, a Tubercular Clinic, two General Hospitals, a Hospital for chronic aged and sick female patients, and an Orthopaedic Clinic held weekly at the North Cambridgeshire Hos¬ pital. Infectious Diseases are accommodated at Peter¬ borough and East Dereham Isolation Hospitals. Excellent Motor Ambulance facilities are available, whilst Diphtheria Antitoxin and Pathological and Bacteriological examinations are provided when necess¬ ary. Public Health Staff. The duties connected with this are carried out by the M.O.H. who is a part-time officer, the Borough Engin¬ eer and Surveyor, the Borough Senior and Additional Sanitary Inspectors, all full-time officers, together with those of the Council’s employees who are specially needed for sanitary work. Deaths From Puerperal Causes : — >3 •s: <3 Q Puerperal sepsis . 0 Other puerperal causes. 0 v* ; ^ - 0 0 Death Rate of Infants under 1 Year of Age : — All infants per 1,000 live births . 3*38 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births . 3*67 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births . 0 Deaths from cancer (all ages) . 53 Deaths from measles (all ages) . 0 Deaths from whooping cough (all ages) . 0 Deaths from diarrhoea (under two years of age) 0 Deaths from motor vehicle accidents. 6 Infant and Child Welfare. The Infant and Child Welfare Clinic in Norwich Road is held weekly on Friday afternoons, and is well attended. Welfare Attendances for 1954 Number of children who attended during the year . 401 Number of children who attended for the first time, and who at their first attendance were under 1 year . 165 Number of children attending born in 1954... 149 Number of children attending born in 1953... 143 Number of children attending born 1952-1949 109 Total number of attendances made by child¬ ren during the year. 1. Under 1 year of age . 2647 2. 1 year of age but under 2 years. 690 3. 2 years of age but under 5 years . 458 Total 3795