[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Consett U.D.C.

  • Consett (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Consett U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS. Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality and Case-rates for Certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1949. Provisional figures based on Quarterly Returns. - Englanc and Wales. 126 Coimty Boros, and Great Towns including London. 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25.000 to 50.000 at 1931 Census] London Adminis- trative Coimty Consett Urban District Rales per 1,000 Civilian P( ipulation. Births. 1 Live Births ... 16.7 (a) 18.7 18.0 18.5 18.2 Still Births ... 0.39 (a) 0.47 0.40 0.37 0.66 Deaths. All Causes 11.7 (a) 12.5 11.6 12.2 11.9 Typhoid and para- typhoid 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Whooping cough 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.00 Diphtheria ... 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Tuberculosis 0.46 0.52 0.42 0.52 0.61 Influenza 0.15 0.15 0.14 0.11 0.15 Smallpox 0.00 0.00 — — 0.00 Acute poliomyelitis & polioencephalitis ... 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.00 Pneumonia ... 0.51 0.56 0.49 0.59 0.30 Notifications (Corrected) Typhoid fever 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 Nil. Paratyphoid fever ... 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 Nil. Cerebro-spinal fever 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 Nil. Scarlet fever... 1.63 1.72 1.83 1.46 1.3 Whooping cough 2.39 2.44 2.39 1.70 0.49 Diphtheria ... 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.07 0.02 Erysipelas 0.19 0.20 0.19 0.17 0.02 Smallpox 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Nil. Measles 8.95 8.91 9.18 8.54 3.6 Pneumonia ... 0.80 0.91 0.65 0.55 0.23 Acute poliomyelitis 0.13 0.13 0.12 0.18 Nil. Acute polioence- phalitis 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 Nil. Food poisoning 0.14 0.16 0.14 0.19 Nil. Rates per 1,000 Live B irths. Deaths. All causes under 1 year of age 32 (b) 37 30 29 40.9 Enteritis and Diarr- hoea under 2 years of age 3.0 3.8 2.4 1.7 1.4 Rates per 1,000 Ti )tal (Live anc Still) Bir ths Notifications (Corrected) Puerp eral fever and pyrexia 6.31 8.14 5..30 6.82