[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Hale U.D.C.

  • Hale (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Hale U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BIRTHS. Boys, 88; Girls, mi 73; Total, ISi,-/. . .j. •: -The ■ number of births registered in the district was r58, and in addition to these; 103 belonging to the district, but registered _ elsewhere, have been added, making a total of - i'6i, which 'number has only ..been exceeded once in the history; ox. Hale, in the year. 1910, ! when the -number of births was ...162. ; - INFANT MORTALITY. i ' • Eleven deaths occurred ajmong children under'one year.-.of age' during 1943. ; The following table givejs the infant mortality rate for this district during the past five years. | 1939. 1940. •1941. 1942. 1943. 16 • 39 io.ro ;31*0” .50 «8 • ■ ’ ' 68V3 ’ ‘ The figure is unfortunately high in comparison with other years, and also exceeds the rate for England and Wales (49.0). DEATHS. . ■ Males, ' 67; Females, 78.; Total, 145. This figure is. well above-..the average for' Hale. •UNCERTIFIED DEATHS AND INQUESTS. During the year inquests were held in connection with the deaths of 17 persons; i'h 7 cases death was found to be due to natural causes, and in 10' 'cases death followed as- the result of accidents, or suicide. CANCER (MALIGNANT DISEASE) . T-here were 22 deaths. from Cancer (9 males, 13 females). C.lassified Deaths from Caneer Localisation 1939 1940 I94f 1942 1943 Tongue and Mouth t ' 1 Larynx .... ... l- ... ... 1 - l 2 - Oesophagus .... 2- .2 - 1- i\ i. Stomachi. . . .. i ,i .... ... — • ;}• ■ 2 ' 2 2 , ,. St Respiratory Organs 2 4 : 5 3 Pancreas ..i ...i .... - 1 . 1 - . 12 Liver *. . ..j ... ... 2 3 ;. 5 — - i Intestinal tract 1 5 , 4 - 3 Generative Organs 4 1 1 -4n. 3 3: — — G 0. O 0 • •• •••*' ••• j • a .4 . ... :? ;r 2; 2 Kidney . . -.•■ .. ; ... V. -: ' ~ - - ■ Other or unspecified organs —Jk _L. - 4 5 7 6 __ . Totals -*•. ... ... 16 30 -i 23 19 .22 * - i Deaths from all causes. *. 135 .f 173 149 127 . i; 145