[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Middleton Borough.

  • Middleton (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Middleton Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HEALTH DEPARTMENT - 5; SUFFIELD STREET, MIDDLETON * August3 1957= TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE HEALTH COMMITTEE Mr- Chairman- Ladies and Gentlemen; X have pleasure in presenting for your consideration my Annual Report on the health of the districte The estimated mid-year population shows a further increase of 49440 due largely to the continued development of the Langley overspill estate. At the year end; 39556 houses had been completed and a further 714 were under construction on this estate, A social survey carried out during the year revealed the unusual age struetuie of the Langley population in that children aged 0 14 years formed nearly 50f0? whereas people aged 45 years and over amount to little more than 5% of the total population. The corresponding figures for England and Wales as a whole are approximately 25% and 35% respectively. The birth and death rate for 1956; when adjusted to the age and sex structure of the whole population were 19^6 and 13 6 respectively per thousand of the population compared with the national figures of 15 7 and 12 1, The two principal causes of death were diseases of the heart and circulatory system and cancer- between them accounting for 235 deal out of a total of 460 In England and Wales during 1955; over 919000 people died from cancer 17 000 from cancer of the lungs and respiratory