[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Hartlepool Borough.

  • Hartlepool (England). Borough Council. nb2004301809.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Hartlepool Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There were 220 deaths which in a population of 16,940 makes a crude death rate of 13.0. The crude death rate for 1953 was 10.9. Borough of Hartlepool.—Table to show causes of death during 1954 together with percentages of the total for the 3 main causes and for Tuberculosis. (Figures for 1953 are given for comparison). CAUSES OF DEATH M 19 F 53 % of total of main causes of death M 19 F 54 % of total of main causes of death Tuberculo:is, respiratory 5 3 4-3% 2 1 1.4% Tuberculosis, other . . — — 1 — Syphilitic disease — — 1 — Diphtheria . . — — — — Whooping Cough — — — 1 Meningococcal infections — — — 1 Acute poliomyelitis . . — — — — Measles — — — — Other infective and parasitic disease — — — — Malignant neoplasm, stomach 7 4 i 6 4 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus 11 — 5 1 Malignant neoplasm, breast — 2 13% — 3 16.4% Malignant neoplasm, uterus — 2 — 1 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms 4 4 12 4 , Leukaemia, aleukaemia — — — 1 Diabetes — — 3 1 Vascular lesions of nervous system 15 17 7 16\ Coronary disease, angina . . 18 6 19 10 Hypertension with heart disease .. 3 3 47.5% 5 1 42.3% Other heart disease 3 10 11 10 Other circulatory disease 10 3 7 7/ Influenza — — — 2 Pneumonia 2 6] t 9.7% 5 4! 1 H.8% Bronchitis 3 7 j r 10 7 J Other diseases of resp. system — — — 1 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum . . •— — 1 1 Gastritis, enteritis & diarrhoea 1 — — — Nephritis and nephrosis 2 — 2 — Hyperplasia of prostate — — 1 — Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion — 2 — 1 Congenital malformations — — — 1 Other defined and ill-defined diseases 13 11 17 16 Motor vehicles accidents 2 — 2 1 All other accidents 4 1 6 1 Suicide 1 — — 1 Homicide and operations of war — — — —