[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Kent County Council.

  • Kent (England). County Council. n 50045898.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Kent County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NON-NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. Mortality rates per thousand of the civil population, from influenza and diarrhoea during the past ten years :— Year. 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Kent England j and Wales Influenza 0134 0139 0 121 0-390 0 127 0-209 0 192 0155 0-082 0-316 0-37 4 935 4244 3072 5588 4-210 3 420 3095 3 235 3864 5011 5-3 Diarrhoea 0071 0063 0045 0-082 0063 0052 0047 0049 0069 0-092 i Influenza.—Deaths from this disease rose from 95 in 1942 to 369 in 1943 : and the death-rate of 0.316 is markedly above the average for some years past. Diarrhoea.—Of the 107 deaths under two years of age, ninety-three occurred in urban districts and fourteen in rural areas. The death rates shown in the above tabulation relate to children dying under two years of age per 1000 births (upper figure), and per 1000 of the population (lower figure). -Cancer.—The following tabulation shows the mortality from cancer recorded in Kent during the past ten years :— Kent. 1934. 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943. Urban. No. of Deaths Death-rate 1,520 1-57 1,715 1-68 1,732 1-64 1,661 1-54 1,889 1-72 1,833 1-66 1,801 1-79 1,766 2-01 1,804 2-02 1,845 2-06 Rural. No. of Deaths Death-rate 498 1-61 449 1-61 487 1-75 485 1-73 479 1-70 511 1 -71 480 1-55 513 1-80 486 1-77 566 2-09 Total. No. of Deaths Death-rate 2,018 1-58 2,164 1-67 2,219 1-67 2,146 1-58 2,368 1-71 2,344 1-67 2,281 1-73 2,279 1-96 2,290 1-96 2,411 2-07 England and Wales. Death-rate 1-56 1-59 1-63 1-64 1-67 1-67 1-72 1-78 1-84 1 -90