[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Faversham Borough.

  • Faversham (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Faversham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CAUSES OF DEATH—Continued Cancer Meningitis Diabetes Organic Heart Disease ... Bronchitis Pneumonia ... Other Respiratory Diseases Diarrhoeal Diseases Appendicitis Cirrhosis of Liver . Alcoholism Nephritis Parturition ... Premature Birth and Congenita] Accidents and Suicides Cerebral Haemorrhage A rterio-sclerosis Syphilis Rheumatic Fever Ulcer of Stomach Puerperal Sepsis Digestive Diseases Senility Causes 23 27 0 0 2 3 41 47 12 12 8 11 3 5 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 0 0 4 4 12 27 12 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 17 8 Live Births— Total. M. F. Legitimate . .. 147 81 66 Illegitimate .. 6 10 6 Stillbirths .. 4 2 2 Deaths ... .. 165 81 84 Birth Rate per 1,000 cf the estimated resident population ... 14.3 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births ... 14.1 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population ... 14.5 Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar- General’s short list): — Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. Na. 29—Puerperal sepsis ... 0 — No. 30—Other puerperal causes 0 — Total ... 0 — Death Rate of Infants under one year of age: — All infants per 1,000 live births ... ... ... 24.5 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births ... 27.2 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births — Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 23 Deaths from Measles (all ages) ... ... ... ... 0 Deaths from Whooping Cough ... ... 0 Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 1 COTTAGE HOSPITAL Beds, 18. In-Patients Treated Out-Patients Treated (Minor Cases) .. Operations— Major ... Minor X-Ray Cases ... There is also a Provident Dispensary which treatment of poor people in their own homes. ... 208 ... 348 78 ... 143 ... 156 arranges for the