[Report 1972] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bristol.

  • Bristol (England). Council.
Date:
1972
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Credit: [Report 1972] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bristol. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEATHS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN During 1972 the number of deaths of Bristol children of compulsory school age was 23, 13 boys and 10 girls. Causes of death were as follows: Age in years Acute gastro-enteritis 6 Measles encephalitis 7 Sarcoma left hand 12 Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia 6 „ „ 8 Hydrocephalus ependyma 5 Disseminated hepatoblastoma 5 Diabetic coma I I Acute cardiac failure 10 „ bronchopneumonia; cerebral palsy 5 10 Coarctation of aorta II Congestive cardiac failure; tetralogy of Fallot 6 Road Accident 9 „ „ 5 „ „ 6 5 7 Barbiturate poisoning x twins 6 } 6 Renal failure 9 Huntingdon's chorea 14 Boys Girls I — 1 1* t 1 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 13 10 * Did not attend school, t Attended private school. Of the six fatal road accidents, five concerned pedestrians knocked down by motor vehicles on the public highway; the sixth was a pedal cyclist. The poisoning case, involving six year old twins, resulted in a conviction.