[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health and Port Medical Officer of Health, Great Yarmouth Borough.

  • Great Yarmouth (England). Borough Council. nb2008007343.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health and Port Medical Officer of Health, Great Yarmouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cancer of the lung or bronchus. With females, out of a total of 51 deaths from cancer, only 6, or less than 12 per cent, were ascribed to this cause. The following table gives particulars of the age and sex distribution of all deaths from cancer or bronchus over the past seven years. The figures are small but they do show that there was an appreciable in- crease in 1956 over the annual average for the six preceding years. Deaths from cancer of the lung or bronchus, 1950 - 1956 Under 45 45 - 64 65 and over Total Year Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female 1950 3 6 2 3 12 2 1951 1 — 7 3 4 — 12 3 1952 •— •— 3 1 5 3 8 4 1953 — — 10 1 8 •— 18 1 1954 1 — 6 3 11 1 18 4 1955 1 — 9 1 5 1 15 2 Total 6 — 41 11 36 5 83 16 Annual average 1 — 7 2 6 1 14 3 1956 1 12 3 7 3 20 6 TUBERCULOSIS. Deaths from respiratory tuberculosis fell from 12 in 1955 to 4 in 1956. This resulted in an adjusted death rate of 0.07 per 1,000 population which was the lowest ever recorded in the Borough. The rate for England and Wales was 0.11 per 1,000 population. Non-pulmonary tuberculosis accounted for 2 deaths, 1 male and 1 female. The causes of death were tuberculosis of the kidney and tuberculous peritonitis. The table on page 31 shows the number of deaths and the resultant death rates for pulmonary and non-pulmonary forms of the disease for each year since 1939. OTHER DEATHS. Deaths resulting from motor vehicle accidents numbered 4, 2 less than in 1955. There was one suicide, compared with 6 the previous year; death was certified as being due to carbon monoxide poisoning. There were no deaths from notifiable diseases apart from tuber- culosis and pneumonia.