[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Marshland R.D.C.

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

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    NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS AREA (acres). 56,562 POPULATION . 16,380 DEATHS. The total number of deaths assigned to the District by the Regis¬ trar-General—after adjustment for inward and outward transfers is 178 as compared with 163 in 1950. The death rate is 10.8 per 1,000 of the population as compared with 9.7 for 1051. BIRTH RATE. The number of live births registered is 278 per 1,000 of the population, as compared with 269 in 1050. STILL BIRTHS. The number registered is 9 compared with 4 in 1950. The rate is 32.3 per 1,000 live births. MATERNAL MORTALITY. There were again NO maternal deaths, which speaks volumes for the excellent services rendered to expectant mothers by the Medical Practitioners, the Maternity Units and the District Nurses. INFANT MORTALITY. Unfortunately 110 infants died under one year of age. Of this number however 8 were under 4 weeks old,, and died of prematernity and other diseases of early infancy. The infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births is 35.9 as compared with 29.6 for England and Wales. Section B 1. GENERAL MEDICAL SERVICES. Norfolk Executive Council, 54, Prince of Wales Road, Norwich. Clerk, R. J. Cobb, Esq. 2. EAST ANGLIAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOARD. Senior Administrative Medical Officer:—Dr. J. B. EWEN, M.D., D.P.H., Croft-Holme, 1117, Chesterton Road, Cambridge. (a) GENERAL. (i) Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich. (ii) West Norfolk and King’s Lynn Hospital, King’s Lynn. (iii) Jenny Lind Hospital, Norwich. (iv) St. James Hospital, King’s Lynn. (For chronic sick). (b) MATERNITY. (i) County Maternity Home, Lynn Road, Wisbech. (ii) West Norfolk and King’s Lynn Hospital (Maternity Unit). (iii) Addenbrookes Hospital Cambridge. (c) INFECTIOUS. (i) County Isolation Hospital, East Dereham. (ii) Isolation Hospital, King’s Lynn. (iii) Wisbech Isolation Hospital. (d) SANATORIA. (i) Kelling Sanatorium, Holt. (ii) Bramblewood Sanatorium, Holt. (e) MENTAL. . (i) St. Andrew’s Hospital, Norwich. (ii) Hellesdon Hospital, Norwich. (iii) Heckingham Hospital, Norwich. (iv) Little Plumstead, Norwich.