[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • North Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following table shows the infant mortality rates for the last 10 years. Urban Rural Administrative England Year Districts Districts County & Wales 1950 360 34-2 35-2 29-8 1951 38-5 27-3 33-7 29-6 1952 24-3 30-1 26-9 27-6 1953 33-0 26-8 30-2 26-8 1954 32-5 20-9 27-6 25-5 1955 28-0 27-4 27-7 24-9 1956 29-7 20-2 25-6 23-8 1957 28-5 24 0 26-6 23-0 1958 28-7 18-0 241 22-5 1959 27-9 20-3 24-6 22-0 The main causes of deaths among children under one year of age were as follows :— 1959 Congenital malformations . . 22 Pneumonia . . . . . . 23 Bronchitis . . . . . . 3 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea 6 [easles. During 1959 there were 4,622 notified cases of measles ; this figure excludes all nown cases of Rubella. No deaths were ascribed to this disease ; for the last ten years le number of measles deaths totals 23. This seems to indicate that the treatment of be complications of measles is now much more effective than it was in the years before '139 for there were 72 deaths from measles in 1934, and 18 in 1936. /hooping Cough. The total number of notified whooping cough cases in the Riding was 217 compared [ ith 180 for 1958 ; no death was registered as being due to this condition. The mor- idity following whooping cough is not known, but one comes across the secondary ffects of brain haemorrhage which seems to follow attacks of pertussis. This incidence f serious complications should stimulate parents to accept protection against this npleasant disease. ifantile Paralysis. There were 13 notifications of acute poliomyelitis (paralytic and non-paralytic) or If acute encephalitis during the year under review, with no deaths, as compared with 5 notifications and no deaths in 1958. It will be recalled that the responsibility for le treatment of paralytic conditions following this type of virus infection lies with the igional hospital boards, but notification secures active enquiries into the sanitary onditions. ^ministration. The local health services have been administered as in previous years ; the report f the county medical officer for 1954 set out in detail the powers and duties and methods f administration and it is not proposed to repeat them here. tee of voluntary organisations. In general, the local health authority uses voluntary organisations where such odies can do the work satisfactorily and with less formality than officers of the Council ; )r example, for the care of the unmarried mothers and the adoption of children, the bounty Council makes grants to various Diocesan bodies who provide after-care workers nd make arrangements in connection with admissions to hostels and allied matters, he payments for the use of the hostels are now generally made on a customer basis, he County Council also uses the Scarborough Council for Social Service in connecton ith after-care but has now terminated all contractual arrangements with the St. John .mbulance Brigade for the provision of ambulance services.