[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Heckmondwike U.D.C.

  • Heckmondwike (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Heckmondwike U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Comparative Figures. Rate per 1,000 England Civilian Population & Weles 148 Smaller Towns Heckmondwike 1941 1942 1941 1942 1940 1941 ' 1942 Live Births ... 14'2 15'8 16’4 18*4 119 1395 17*47 Still Births ... 0*51 '54 0*60 62 0 59 0 71 110 Deaths (all Causes) 12*9 116 13' 12*1 15*1 1406 1319 (Rates per 1,000 Live Births)— Infant Mortality 59 0 Diarrhoea under 49 0 56 0 46 58 8 580 55*94 2 years ... 5’l 52 46 4*8 9 9 Nil Nil (Rates per 1,000 Total Bir ths) — Maternal Mortality 2 23 2'01 — — Nil Nil 6*58 Causes of Death. Typhoid and Paratyphoid ... Nil Bronchitis ... ... 4 Cerebrospinal Fever 1 Pneumonia n « Scarlet Fever Nil Ulcer Stomach or Duodenum 1 Whooping Cough Nil Other Digestive Disturbances Nil Diphtheria Nil Anthrax Nil Tuberculosis (Respiratory) 4 Nephritis ... 5 Tuberculosis (other Forms) Nil Premature Birth 4 Influenza Nil Congenital Malformations Measles Nil Birth Injuries, etc. ... 3 Cancer (all Sites) 22 Suicide Nil Diabetes Nil Road Traffic Accidents 1 Heart Disease... 27 All Other Causes 16 Intra-Cranial Vascular Lesions ... ... * • ♦ 10 Other Diseases of the Circulatory System 3 B—General Provision of Health Services for the Aiea. It is the wish of the Ministry that remarks under this section should be confined to important alterations, rather than a recital of long-standing arrangements. There is no such important change to record. Maternity and Nursing Homes. During 1942, the Registrar reported the registration of the births of 105 infants born in the home. Of these the parents of 30 resided in Heckmondwike, and 75 resided elsewhere. 2 still births occured in the home; the parents in each case did not reside in this town. Ante-Natal Clinic. I am indebted to Dr. Agnes W. Jervis, Medical Officer to the Ante-Natal Clinic, for the following report:— Individual Patients attending the Clinic ... 85 Patients found Normal ... ... ... 45 Patients found suffering from one or more Defects 40 Total Number of attendances at Clinic ... 202 Average Attendance per Patient ... ... 2*8