[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, West Oxfordshire Combined Districts and Banbury R.D.C. (Chipping Norton Borough, Witney U.D.C., Woodstock Borough, Chipping Norton R.D.C., Witney R.D.C., Banbury R.D.C.).

  • West Oxfordshire Combined Districts.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, West Oxfordshire Combined Districts and Banbury R.D.C. (Chipping Norton Borough, Witney U.D.C., Woodstock Borough, Chipping Norton R.D.C., Witney R.D.C., Banbury R.D.C.). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHIPPING NORTON MUNICIPAL BOROUGH Section A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Extracts from the Vital Statistics of the Year. Birth Rate. Birth Rate Total Male Female per 1000 Legitimate ... 75 34 41 19.6 Illegitimate ... 3 1 2 England and Wales 15.8 Still Births—Rate per 1000 Births— -89. Death Rate. Death Rate Total Male Female per 1000 Deaths ... 41 21 20 10.3 England and Wales 11.6 The chief causes of death during the year were :—Heart Disease (8), Intracranial vascular lesions (6), Bronchitis (4), Tuberculosis (1), Cancer (8). Maternal Deaths. There were no deaths from puerperal causes. Infant Mortality. Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age per 1000 births :— Legitimate Illegitimate Total I.F.M. 40 — 39 England and Wales . 49 Deaths from Cancer (all ages) ... ... ... 8 ,, ,, Measles (all ages) .. ... 0 ,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) . 0 „ ,, Diarhoea (under 2 years of age) ... 0 Section B. general provision of health services FOR THE AREA. As reported in the Annual Report for 1938, except :— Laboratory Work. This is now carried out by Emergency Public Health Laboratory, School of Pathology, South Parks Road, Oxford, under the direction of Professor G. S. Wilson. Number of Swabs examined during 1942—178. Positive for Haemolytic Streptococci—73. Positive for Vincent’s Angina—2. Other examinations—3.