[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Hartley Wintney (Union) R.D.C.

  • Hartley Wintney (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Hartley Wintney (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (BRASS HARTLEY WINTNEY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT - of - THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH for the year 1947 Rotherwick. June, 1948. Ladies and Gentlemen, I beg to present my report for the year 1947. Population.....* ...... 16,980 Total. Male Female Live Births (Legitimate ( 322 167 155 ) Birth rate 21.7 ) England & Wales (Illegitimate 46 33 13 ) 20.5 Still Births 8 5 3 ) Rate per 1,000 ) Total Births 27 ) Death Rate 12,8 Deaths 217 101 116 ) England & Wales ) 12.0 Death rate of Infants under 1 year per 1,000 births - 49 (Ehgland and Wales 41) NOTIFIABLE DISEASES Scarlet Fever 10 Ophthalmia 1 Diphther ia........ 1 Puerperal Pyrexia... 1 Pneumonia. 6 Dysentery..,., 2 Whooping cough .38 Meas les 122 Erysipelas...... 4 C .S .Meningitis 1 Tuberculosis Respiratory 19 Other Forms 10 • - Tuberculosis Respiratory 3 deaths Other Forms 2 The amount of infectious diseases was again much less than the average, apart from measles and whooping cough. The scheme of immunisation against diphtheria was continued. 134 children under 5 years completed the course of treatment.