[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Consett U.D.C.

  • Consett (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Consett U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1. .A.LL r.AUvSES f'ardio vascular :— (a) Vascular lesions of nervous 230 197 427 system 32 37 09 (b) Coronarv disease, angina 31 22 53 (c) Hypertension with heart disease 9 7 10 (d) Other heart diseases 27 43 7(1 (e) Other circulatory diseases ... 9 6 1.') 2 Totals Chest Diseases— 108 11.') 223 (a) Pneumonia 13 4 17 (b) Bronchitis 9 0 1.5 (c) Other diseases of respiratory system 2 1 3 :h Total (^ancer ;— 24 u 35 (a) Malignant Neopla.sm, stomach (h) Malignant Neoplasm, lung. 3 3 0 bronchus ... 1 1 1 12 (c) Malignant Neoplasm, breast — (i 8 (d) Malignant Neoplasm, uterus (e) (Ither Malignant and hym- ' 3 3 phatic Neoplasms 24 17 41 Totals 38 30 68 4. Tuberculosis—all forms 8 2 10 5. [nfluenza — — 6. Syphilitic diseases ... 2 — 2 7. Diphtheria ... — — —• s. Meningococcal infections ... — — — 9. Other infective and Parasitic Di.seases 3 1 4 10. Leukaemia. Aleukaemia ... — — ] 1. Diabetes — 1 1 12. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum 2 — •> 13. Gastritis. Enteritis and Diarrhoea 3 1 4 14. Nephritis and Ne]5hrosis ... 3 1 4 1.^). Hyperplasia of prostate 1 — 1 Ifi. Congenital Malformations ... ;■) 1 (5 17. Other defined and ill-defined diseases 19 24 43 18. Motor Vehicle Accidenfs ... 0 3 5 19. All other accidents ... 9 4 13 20. Suicide 1 1 2 21. Homicide and Operations of M’ar 1 1 22. Acute Poliomvelitis 1 — 1 23. .Measles — 1 1 24. Pregnancy. Childbirth & .Abortion — 1 1 The main causes of death were diseases of the Heart and Circulatory System, Cancer, Pneumonia and Bronchitis, in that order. The first two still remain a great challenge to medical science and preventive medicine. Heart disease, notably Coronary Thrombosis—of which there were 53 deaths—is assuming greater importance year by year.