[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Folkestone Borough & Port.

  • Folkestone (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Folkestone Borough & Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    •16 Comparative Table. The following gives comparative statistics of some of the more * important items for the past 6 7/ears« 1940 . 1941 . 1942, 1943 1944 . 1945 Infectious Diseases: Diphtheria. 37 5 19 35 13 37 Scarlet Fever. 26 7 12 16 24 66 Measles, 140 5 13 234 18 347 Births: No. of Births. 539 290 271 325 366 540 Birth Rate per 1,000 population. 12 15 14 17 18 19 Deaths: No. of Deaths. 578 296 324 343 331 410 Death Rate per 1,000 population. 16 16 17 18 17 15 Infant Deaths: No. of deaths, 24 9 17 9 15 27 Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 47 36 62 27 40 50 births. Maternal Deaths; No. of Maternal Deaths. Nil Nil 2 1 3 Nil Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Nil Nil 7 2 7 Nil births. Illegitimate Births: No. of lllegitimat'e Births. No, of Illegitimate Deaths - 28 32 36 31 38 61 (under 1 7/ear of age). 1 2 7 1 1 6 Tuberculosis; No, of Deaths, 21 23 19 21 19 19 Cancer: No. o3f Deaths, 73 51 49 50 52 64 Deaths from Diarrhoea • under two years of age. Nil Nil 1 Nil Nil Nil Attendances at Clinics: Individual Ante-HaUal cases. 189 208 244 281 352 475 *' Nur s ing Mothers, 30 71 106 111 99 120 !! 537 Tsn , 759 _ 7Q2.. ^