[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Earby U.D.C.

  • Earby (North Riding of Yorkshire, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Earby U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Continued:- Disease Males Females Total Acute infective encephalitis. ... ... ... Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus(M) - and uterus (F) 1 1 Cancer of stomach and duodenum... ... ... 1 - 1 Cancur oJT TDi*Gasfc o © o © © o ooo © o o o © © © o © - 2 2 Cancer of all other sites ... ... ... ... p, - 5 11 lJ 1 dt) G t G S ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo OOO OOO © C « - Intracranial vascular lesions ... ... ... 2 2 4 (iiSGaSOS OO ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo 14 10 24 Other diseases of the circulatory system. . 1 2 r? IbjFOU.Gtii^iSooO ooo OOO ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo 2 2 4 PnG IXITIO nia ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo © o © ooo ooo - - - Other respiratory diseases .. ... ... ... 4 1 5 | Ulcer of stomach and duodenum ... ... ... - - - Diarrhoea under 2 years . ... ... ... ... - - - .A. OTIC! i G 1 *t 1. S ooo ooo © a o ooo ooo o'*© ©oo - - Other digestive diseases ... ... ... . . - - - N G ]p IflX* i tiS OOO © O ooo OOO OOO ooo 000 OOO - 1 1 Puerperal and post-abortion sepsis .. ... - 1 1 Other maternal causes ... ... ... ... ... - - - Pic* ematurG o ooo © © © o © o © © o © © o © o 2 - 2 Congenital malformations,birth injuries etc 0 1 1 Suicide O 03O O.O O.O OOO »00 OO. OOO OOO - - - Road, txafiic accidGn*fcs ©© o?© ooo o © © 0©o 1 - 1 i 01her violent causes o.o o.o ... ... 0.. 1 ! - - 1 illI other causes o.o o.. o.o ..o 0.. o.o 2 i—1 3 1 ALL CAUSES i ! 56 i 29 65 — NOTES ON VITAL STATISTICS BIRTHS The birth rate of 18.1 shows a considerable increase >. on the low figure of 13.1 recorded in 1948, and conpares favour- ably with the figure of 16.7 for England and Wales as a whole. In 1946 and 1947 the rates were 21.1 and 22.9 respectively. DEATHS . „ n _ The death rate was 12.3 compared with 11.7 for .angland and Wales, and 12.9 in 1948. The causes of death in order of numerical importance were: - (i) Heart diseases. (ii) Cancer. (iii) Diseases of the respiratory system. (iv) Intracranial vascular lesions.