[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

  • Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton .. .. 1 Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot .. .. .. . . 1 Childrens Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London 1 St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington . . . . .. 1 Smiles Home, Woking .. . . . . „. . . 1 London Hospital .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Westminster Hospital, London .. .. .. .. 1 St. Mark’s Hospital, London .. .. .. .. 1 National Hospital, London .. .. .. .. 1 Consumption Hospital, Kensington .. .. .. 1 Middlesex Hospital, Annexe, London .. .. .. 1 Total .. .. .. .. 29 The Causes of Death in Eastbourne in 1926. A table in this section shows the principal causes of death in 1926 at various ages. Those diseases, etc., causing most deaths were as follows :— Number. Net Death-rate. Heart Disease .. 115 2.0 per 1,000 Apoplexy .. 47 0.9 per 1,000 Cancer .. 105 1.8 per 1,000 Males 51 2.3 per 1,000 Females .. 54 1.6 per 1,000 Tuberculosis (all foims) .. 49 0.87 per 1,000 Pulmonary .. 42 0.7 per 1,000 Non-Pulmonary .. 7 0.12 per 1,000 Respiratory Diseases .. 67 1.2 per 1,000 Bronchitis .. 36 0.6 per 1,000 Pneumonia (all forms) .. 29 0.5 per 1,000 Urinary Diseases .. 27 0.5 per 1,000 Violence .. 19 0.3 per 1,000 Males .. 12 0.2 per 1,000 Females . .■ 7 0.1 per 1,000 Of the 603 deaths, Heart Diseases caused about 1 in every 6 ; Cancer, 1 in 6 ; Respiratory Diseases, 1 in 9 ; Tuberculosis, 1 in 12. Of the 19 deaths from Violence, 13 were from accidents and 6 were suicidal. Heart Disease is a frequent registered cause of death in old persons.