[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Stanley (Co. Durham) U.D.C.

  • Stanley (Durham, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Stanley (Co. Durham) U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Causes of Death. Males Females All Causes . 104 63 1 Diphtheria . 0 1 2 Influenza 1 0 3 Cerebro Spinal Fever 2 0 4 Tuberculosis of respiratory system . 4 5 5 Other Tubercular Diseases 0 1 6 Cancer, malignant disease 11 6 7 Diabetes O' 1 8 Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. 8 11 9 Heart disease 12 11 10 Other circulatory diseases 9 2 11 Bronchitis . 5 4 12 Pneumonia (all forms) 15 3 13 Peptic ulcer. 1 0 14 Other Digestive disease 1 0 15 Acute and Chronic Nephritis 1 0 16 Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. 8 4 17 Senility 16 6 18 Other Violence 2 4 19 Other defined diseases 5 4 20 Ill-defined or unknown diseases . 3 0 The following statement gives the Vital Statistics for the County as compared with those of the Annfield Plain Area :— County. Annfield Plain Area. Birth-rate (per 1,000 population) 17.2 15.66 Death-rate . 13.6 11.13 Zymotic death-rate 0.29 0.06 Scarlet Fever 0.00 nil. Diphtheria . . . 0.08 0.06 Enteric Fever 0.00 nil. Measles 0.04 nil. Whooping Cough . 0.09 nil. Diarrhoea (under 2). 0.08 nil. Phthisis 0.63 0.60 Influenza 0.17 0.006 Acute Respiratory diseases 0.88 1.80 Infantile Mortality-rate 70 per 1000 births 75.22 Maternal Mortality-rate 4.30 nil. The general Death Rate is below the county average, the Birth Rate is also less, but the Infant Mortality Rate is higher than that of the county. Other rates are satisfactory. The estimated population of the Annfield Plain portion of the Stanley District is 15,000. PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIABLE DISEASES REPORTED DURING THE YEAR 1941. Disease Total Cases Notified Cases Admitted to Hospital Total Deaths Cerebro-Spinal Fever . . . 6 6 4 Diphtheria. . . . 30 30 2 Erysipelas. 3 0 0 Measles . . . 64 0 0 Ophthalmia Neonatorium . 3 3 0 Pneumonia . 20 1 18 Puerperal Pyrexia . 2 2 0 Scarlet Fever . . 33 33 0 Whooping Cough. 15 0 0 Total . 176 75 24 There are two more Diphtheria cases than the previous year, but a big reduction as compared with several years past, and particularly since immunisation has been introduced. Deaths under Pneumonia includes all forms of the disease.