[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Jersey.

  • Jersey (Channel Islands). Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Jersey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE DEATH RATE. Deaths during 1950 numbered 670, giving an annual death rate of 11.8. 64.2% of the deaths occurred at ages of 65 and over. 42.4% were 75 and over. MATERNAL MORTALITY. There were three maternal deaths—1 miscarriage and obstetric shock, 1 placenta praevia, 1 retained placenta. This gives a high rate, 3.5 per 1,000 births. INFANT MORTALITY. There were 26 deaths in the first year of life and there were 865 births, so the infant mortality is 30.1 per thousand as against 28.8 last year. o—7 days. 14 7—28 days . 1 28 days—3 months. 6 3 months—1 year . 5 The Act making still-births notifiable became law in the latter half of the year. The number of still¬ births in Jersey Maternity Hospital was 6,—4 mace¬ rated foetus, 1 after ante partum haemorrhage, 1 forceps delivery after ante partum haemorrhage. TUBERCULOSIS. There were 19 deaths from tuberculosis during the year 1950, giving a rate of .33 per thousand as against .52 per thousand the year before. 'This is the lowest recorded figure in Jersey. A similar drop has occurred in England and Wales and is probably due to the new drugs Streptomycin and Para-amino salicylic acid known as P.A.S. It is too early for the B.C.G. campaign to have had any effect. The following table gives the deaths from tuberculosis, pulmonary and non pulmonary, since 1924. During 1950 all deaths were due to respiratory tuberculosis.