[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicester Borough.

  • Leicester (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Leicester Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Heart and Vascular Disease Of the 3,422 total deaths, 1,839 (53.7%) were assigned to these causes compared with 52.5% in 1954. Of the 1,839 deaths, 869 were males and 970 females. 1,475 attained the age of 65 years or over. Cancer There were 541 deaths from this cause—268 males and 273 females. These figures compare with 593, 285 and 308 for the previous year— an improvement of almost 10%. The general pattern of the disease was much the same as for the previous year. Tuberculosis There were 59 deaths from this disease, quite the best figure we have ever had. 1954, the previous year, with 76 deaths, was the lowest record till then. Of the total deaths, 42 were males and 17 females. The problem of tuberculosis is obviously changing and further reference should be made to Appendix I—Dr. Connolly’s report. Respiratory Disease There were 148 deaths from pneumonia and 201 from bronchitis. Both these figures are considerably higher than for the previous year— 99 and 183 respectively. Other Causes of Death Males Females Total 1954 Diabetes 4 15 19 15 Peptic ulcer . . 18 8 26 35 Kidney disease 18 17 35 23 Road accidents 29 12 41 34 Other accidents 30 44 74 86 Suicide 16 13 29 42 Details will be found in Table 2 INFECTIOUS DISEASE—MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY Measles It was, as expected, an epidemic year for measles with 7,168 notifica¬ tions being sent to the Department as compared with only 285 cases in the previous year. There were no deaths. Scarlet Fever 147 cases were notified with no death, as compared with 250 cases and no death in 1954.