[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Sherborne U.D.C. / Town.

  • Sherborne (Dorset, England). Town Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Sherborne U.D.C. / Town. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR A. Area - 1,650 acres Rateable value; 1st April 1961 - £94,755 Production of a penny rates I960/6I = £358 (estimated) 1961/62 - £370 (estimated) Vital Statistics Population (Registrar General’s Estimate) - 7,240 LIVE BIRTHS Male Female Total 50 Legitimate 48 Illegitimate 2 37)Rate per 1,000 34)resident pops i)= 12.1 Comparative Rates (a)Sherborne (b) England U.D. & Wales 15.4 17.1 STILLBIRTHS Total (Both Legitimate) 2 Nil Rate per 1,000 live & stillbirths = 22.5 22.5 19.7 DEATHS Total 38 Deaths in Infants Under 1 Year Nil. Under 4 Weeks Nil (Legitimate) 47 Rate per 1,000 resident pops = 11.7 1 Infantile death 1 rate per 1,000 live births ■•= 11.5 10.9 11.5 11.5 21.7 i960 1222 ma 1221 Deaths from Maternal Causes Nil Nil Nil Nil n M Tuberculosis Nil Nil Nil Nil II ft Cancer of the lungs 1 1 Nil 1 it ft Other Cancer 22 13 12 7 n It Coronary Disease(Angina) 9 13 10 9 »t ft Other Heart or Vascular diseases 31 25 35 16 ft » Influenza Nil 4 Nil 2 If ft Pneumonia 2 4 3 6 ft ft Motor vehicle accidents Nil 2 Nil Nil M tl All other accidents 1 1 1 Nil ft It Suicide Nil 1 Nil Nil 9t ft Leukaemia & Aleukemia Nil Nil 1 1