[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Angus County Council.

Angus (Scotland). County Council.

Date:: 1953

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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Angus County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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There were 117 eases of notifiable infectious diseases confirmed during the year, Whooping Cough 62, Scarlet Fever 31. Pulmonary Tuberculosis 6, Xon-pulmonary Tuberculosis 6, Pneumonia 5, Malaria 4. Erysipelas 2, and Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 1. BURCH OF MONIFIETH The mid-year popidation for 1953 was estimated by the lU’gistrar- General to he 3,390. a decrease of 28 on the previous year. The number of live liirths allocated to the Imrgb wa.s 44 of whom 1 was illegitimate. There were no still-births during the year. Marriages registered number 19. Deaths corrected for residence numbered 40 (24 males, 16 females). The principal causes of death were Heart Disease 14. Cerebral Haemorrhage 9. and Cancer 6. Of the 40 deaths 28 persons had attained the age of 65 years or over. There was one infant death during the vear giving an Infantile Mortality Rate of 22.7. There wei’e 36 cases of infectious diseases confirmed during the year —Scarlet Fever 21. Pulmonary Tuberculosis 6, Pneumonia 5, Erysipelas 2, Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1, Puerperal Pyrexia 1.