[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard Borough.

  • Liskeard (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BOROUGH OF LISKEARD Area of Borough Population (Registrar General’s Estimate) Number of Inhabited Houses Rateable Value Produot of Penny Rate 2,704 Aores 4,890 1,845 £177,276 £705 VITAL STATISTICS FOR: 1969 Male Female Total Live Births: 38 32 70 Liskeard M.B. Health Area No. 7 England and Wales Birth rate per 1,000 of population: 17.2 18.6 16.3 No still births were registered. Male Female Total Deaths: 40 61 101 Liskeard M.B. Health Area No.7 England and Wales Death rate per 1,000 of population 9.7 11.4 11.9 Male Female Total Death of infants under one year of age: 1 mm 1 Liskeard M.B, Health Area No.7 England and Wales Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births: 14.0 16.0 18.0 Principal Causes of Death at All Ages: Stroke: 34 Heart disease: 28 Cancer (all sites) 16 Respiratory disease: 9 Circulatory disease: 4 Of those who died during the year, 66^6 had reached or exoeeded the age of 75 years at the time of death* Notifiable Disease (other than Tuberculosis) Had it not been for the unpleasant outbreak of infective jaundice which commenced in early April, continued until late September and involved 62 oases, the year 1969 would have seen little or no notifiable disease in the Borough. Other than these 62 cases of infective jaundice, one case only of measles was notified. The following are details of cases and case rates:- Rate per 1,000 of population Disease Cases Liskeard M.B. Health Area No Infective jaundice Measles 62 1 12.68 0.20 1.41 2.49