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

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

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    Result of Treatment by Age Groups 65 and 0-4 5-14 15-64 over Total Recovered 594 464 3,389 1,183 6,630 Hospital 26 26 560 494 1,106 Died . . 1 1 180 609 791 Referred to Health Visitor 14 3 108 28 153 Referred to Nursing Home - 1 3 22 26 Referred to Private Nurse. . — 1 10 5 16 Refused treatment 1 3 11 10 25 Left the district. . 4 3 53 123 183 Other causes* 2 7 73 53 135 Carried forward to 1957 .. 13 20 388 671 1,092 Totals 655 529 4,775 3,198 9,157 •Treatment continued at doctor’s surgery, works surgery, or patient’s relatives were able to manage Classification of Diseases, Cases and Visits (Only main diseases are given) % of % of Average total total No. of visits Cases Visits cases visits per case Tuberculosis 247 11,481 2.7 6.9 46 Cancer 457 12,356 5.0 7.4 27 Other tumours 177 1,195 1.9 0.72 6 Diabetes 209 10,400 2.3 6.27 49 Anaemia 164 12,467 1.8 7.5 76 Heart and circulatory . . 1,156 24,370 12.6 14.7 21 Respiratory 1,861 27,382 20.3 16.5 14 Digestive 880 4,844 9.6 2.9 5 Renal diseases Generative organs—male 48 449 — — 9 and female All maternal complica¬ 556 3,229 6.01 1.92 6 tions Boils, abscesses and skin 253 2,004 2.8 1.2 8 diseases 1,372 13,552 15.0 8.2 9 Acute rheumatism 3 141 — — 47 Rheumatoid arthritis Diseases of the nervous 106 3,052 1.15 1.8 28 system Diseases of the eye and 191 7,043 2.1 7.5 36 ear 292 3,395 3.2 4.65 12 Other specified or ill- defined diseases 583 20,959 6.26 - 35 Diseases of the bones .. 187 3,447 2.1 - 18 Congenital malformations Infectious and parasitic 14 363 — — 26 cases 27 187 0.295 0.11 7 Allergic disorders 7 98 - - 14