[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Consett U.D.C.

  • Consett (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Consett U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tic Administrative County Year 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 Yg4'5 ‘'- Deaths 453 469 409 433 432 434 435 Death-rate 12,1 12.6 11,0 11.9 12,2 12,0 12,3 Year 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 Death-rate 19.2 ! 1 1 ■ ! 17,7 19.2 18,3 14.6 It is interestin' to note that there has been no tendency to a rise in the crude death-rate in spite of the many hardships brou!<:ht ai'OTit as the result of the war. Causes of Death in Consett Urban District 1945, Causes of Death. ■’J 1 causes s- 1' 1.' 1' 1.' ■, ].:■ , V!. ID. ir. 2(A 21, 22 , 23. 25 . 27 . oq 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. o o . 36. Typhoid and para-typhoid fevers Cerebro-spinal fever Scarlet Fever lliooping Gough Diphtheria Tuberculosis of respiratory system Other forms of Tuberculosis Syphilitic Diseases Influenza t^easles Acute Polio-myelitis & Polio-encephalitis Acute Infantile Encephaditis Cancer of Buccal cavity) Uterus ) ” Stomach & Duodenum ” Breast ” all other sites Diabetes Inter-cranial vasular lesions Heart Disease Other diseases of Circulatory System Bronchitis Pneumonia Other Respiratory Diseases Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum Diarrhoea (under 2 years) Appendicitis Other Digestive Diseases iTephritis Puerperal & Post-abortion Sepsis Other Maternal Causes Premature Birth Congenital Malformity, Birth Injiaries etc. Suicide Road Traffic Accidents Other violent Causes All Other Causes Males. Females, 234 201 11 2 1 3 3 0 2 8 17 1 28 62 9 7 10 4 4 2 ■« 1 8 11 4 5 10 5 37 47 7 7 6 3 1 1 6 8 8 3 6 6 2 ^ 3 8 30 28 Z^/motic Death-rate, There were only 3 deaths during the year from tv/o of the seven principal infectious diseases (1 Measles, 2 Diarrhoea) vahich is a very satisfactory state of affairs, \(irhen one considers the high