[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Cirencester U.D.C.

Cirencester (England). Urban District Council.

Date:: 1939

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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Cirencester U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Diseases of the Circulatory System caused 34 deaths. DEATH RATE:—14.1 per 1000 as to 13.2 in 1938. Standard death rate 11.1 as against 12.1 in Eng- land and Wales. BIRTH RATE:-20.1 per 1000 as to 18.8 in 1938, the figure for England and Wales being 15.0. INFANT MORTALITY:—23 per 1000 as to 45 in 1938. The rate for England and Wales was 50 (per 1000 live births). PREVALENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Scarlet Fever was rather more prevalent than it has been for some years, although it has been on several occasions nearly as common. There were 19 cases in all, reported, and of these, 7 were males, and 12 females. No less than 16 of these, were at school age, 2 being below, and one well above that age. With one exception, all the cases were single ones per family, but in one council house, there were 3 cases within a few days, and one child was apparently taken ill on the same day that the others returned from the Isolation Hospital. Most of the patients attended the three elementary schools in the area, but no special prevalence in any of them oc- cured. Nearly all the patients went to the Isolation Hospital. Leaflets were left at the schools for distribution when required, and these were also left at the homes. Only one case of Diphtheria was notified, this being a visitor from Gloucester, who was ill on ar- rival. Three patients were admitted to the hospital, but were found to be negative, bacterially speaking, and were only kept there a few days.