[Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough.

  • Burton upon Trent (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1928
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Credit: [Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths of Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 1928 1927. illegitimate births 147 .. 105 Deaths from Measles (all ages) 9 .. 0 I'leaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) .. 0 .. 7 Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 6 .. 4 Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 31 .. 38 Death Rate from do. 0-63 .. 0-78 Deaths from other forms of Tuberculosis 8 .. 8 Death Rate from do. .. 0-16 .. 0-16 Number of Deaths from Cancer 70 .. 81 Death Rate from Cancer 1-43 .. 1-6 Zymotic Death Rate 0-51 .. 0-35 Number of Marriages 469 .. 475 -Marriage Rate 19-1 .. 19-4 Vital Statistics. The vital statistics for the year 1928 are on the whole favourable, and show a slight improvement on the ])rcviou5 3'car. The death rate is 12 09 per 1,000 of the population, as compared with 12.9 in 1927. The birth rate is slightly higher, and the death rates from Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Cancer show a decrease. GENERAL PROViSION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA. The hospital provision for the treatment of fever and smallpox, for tuberculosis, and for maternity cases remains the same as was given in detail in the survey report of 1925, and the ambulance facilities and treatment centres are also the same. An Orthopa.-dic Clinic for tlie treatment of crippling defects was established at the School Clinic, 32 Union Street, during the year, and was opened in July. The facilities for professional nursing in the home remain the same as previousl}' described.
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