[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.

  • Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION A—VITAL STATISTICS. (1) Summary. Population—Registrar General’s estimate, 1951 ... 62,200 Rateable Value (1951/52) Product of Id. Rate (1951/52) Livebirths: — M. F. Ttl. Legitimate 474 475 949) Illegitimate ... 13 11 24J Stillbirths: — Legitimate 20 15 35'i Illegitimate ... 1 — li Deaths ... 404 324 728 Infant Deaths ... 16 9 25 Illegitimate Infant Deaths 1 — 1 Maternal Deaths — (2) Deaths from all Causes. Table ;/;335,587 /Jl,329/9/11 Rate per 1,000 popu- lation ... ... 15.64 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 35.68 Rate per 1,000 popu- lation ... ... 11.70 Rate per 1,000 live births ... ... 25.69 Rate per 1,000 illegiti- mate live births ... 41.67 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births - Cause of Death. M. F. Ttl. 1. Tuberculosis of Respiratorv System ... 15 10 25 9 Other forms of Tuberculosis ... 3 5 8 3. Syphilitic Diseases — — — 4. Diphtheria — — — 5. Whooping Cough — — — 6. Meningococcal Infections — — — 7. x'\cute Poliomyelitis — — — 8. Measles — — — 9. Other Infective and parasitic diseases 1 2 3 10. Malignant neoplasm. Stomach 19 7 26 11. Malignant neoplasm. Lungs, Bronchus 11 2 13 12. Malignant neoplasm. Breast ... — ■ 7 7 13. Malignant neoplasm, LTerus ... — 6 6 14. Other Malignant and Lymphatic neo- plasms 30 25 55 15. Leukaemia aleukaemia 1 1 2 16. Diabetes 2 2 4 17. Vascular Lesions of Nervous System 36 38 74 18. Coronary Disease, Angina 30 16 46 19. Hypertension with heart disease 7 10 17 20. Other heart diseases 59 72 131 21. Other Circulatory Disease 10 7 17 22. Influenza 15 17 32 23. Pneumonia 13 9 22 24. Bronchitis 61 26 87 25. Other diseases of Respiratory System 5 3 8