[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover R.D.C.

  • Andover (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    third of that for pneumonia, and that the case rate for England and Wales for poliomyelitis is one quarter of that for pneumonia, one eighth of that for scarlet fever, one twentieth of that for whooping cough, and one forty-seventh of that for measles. Perhaps this may assist towards the preservation of a sense of proportion about the importance of poliomyelitis. Live Births Male Female Total Legitimate 146(144) 149(145) 295(289) Illegitimate 9 (10) 7 (9) 16 (19) Total 155(154) 156(154) 3”(3°8) Still Births Male Female Total Legitimate 3 (3) 0 (3) 3 (6) Illegitimate 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Total 3 (3) 0 (3) 3 (6) Deaths of Infants Male Female Total (under i year of age) Legitimate 5 (6) 0 (2) 5 (8) Illegitimate 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Total 5 (6) 0 (2) 5 (8) Deaths of Infants Male Female Total (under 4 weeks of age) Legitimate 3 0 3 Illegitimate 0 0 0 Total 3 0 3 Deaths Male Female Total Tuberculosis, respiratory 0 (2) 1 (0) 1 (2) Tuberculosis, other 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Syphilitic disease 1 (1) 0 (0) 1 (1) Diphtheria 0 (0) 0 (1) 0 (0 Whooping cough 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Meningococcal infections 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Acute poliomyelitis 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Measles 0 (°) 0 (0) 0 (0) Other infective and parasitic diseases 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Malignant neoplasm, stomach 3 (4) 1 (°) 4 (4) Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus 2 0 2 Malignant neoplasm, breast 0 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) Malignant neoplasm, uterus 0 0 O Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms 8 (9) 6 (5) H(h) Leukaemia, aleukaemia 1 0 I Diabetes 1 (2) 0 (0) I (2) Vascular lesions of nervous system 7(10) 9(n) 16(21)