[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Consett U.D.C.

  • Consett (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Consett U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Males Females 13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus 14. Other malignant and lymphatic neo- — 7 plasms 13 10 15. Leukaemia, aleukaemia 1 1 16. Diabetes 2 3 17. Vasuclar lesions of nervous system 26 34 18. Coronary disease, angina 32 19 19. Hypertension with heart disease 8 8 20. Other heart disease ... 33 29 21. Other circulatory disease 11 3 22. Influenza 3 8 23. Pneumonia 6 5 24. Bronchitis 16 7 25. Other diseases of respiratory system 2 1 26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum 3 1 27. Gastritis enteritis and diarrhoea — 1 28. Nephritis and nephrosis 3 4 29. Hyper-plasia of prostate 4 — 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion — 1 31. Congenital malformations 4 2 32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases 30 25 33. Motor vehicle accidents 2 — 34. All other accidents ... 10 2 35. Suicide — — 36. Homicide and operations of war — — Still Births Fifteen still births were recorded during the year 1951 compared with 18 in 1950. All were legitimate births. The still birthrate was 0.38 per 1,000 population, whilst the rate for England and Wales was 0.30 and that for 148 Smaller Towns was 0.38 per 1,000 popula- tion. The following table gives the rates for the last 10 years, both per 1,000 population and per 1,000 births:— You- H)42 I!)43 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 Toti'l Xo. ‘56 34 31 27 34 20 27 26 IS Kalo |)cr 1,000 jjopulation 0.99 0.96 0.88 0.76 0.92 0.54 0.43 0.66 0.46 Halo ])or 1.000 total births 50.9 53.4 40.6 37.4 43.3 25.6 22.5 :I5.4 25.6