[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Bedford Borough.

  • Bedford Borough Council
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Bedford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    rhe following table shows the number of deaths from motor vehicle and other accidents in the past five years. 3 Totor \’eliicle accidents All other accidents M F Total IM F Total 1953 4 — 4 1 6 7 1954 10 — 10 11 3 14 1955 7 2 f) 7 S 15 1956 9 1 10 13 14 27 1957 6 1 7 7 13 Home Accidents I he imj’iortance of these has become much more widely known and appreciated. About TOO lives are lost yearly through burning accidents. 1 housands are seriously injured. The suffering inflicted is appalling. All fires should be guarded, little girls should wear pyjamas and not nighties. The use of nylon and terylene for party dresses has much to commend it. Well designed electric fan heaters which can if necessarv be placed out of reach of small hands arc efficient and safe; furthermore, the air movement produced is beneficial, and the heat is rapidly dis- tributed throughout the room. As many parents are burning fiTO-klOO worth of cigarettes every year I do not think that many have the excuse of being without financial resources to prevent their children being burnt. 8. Maternal Mortality No deaths occurred in connection t\ath pregnancy and childbirth. 9. Infant Mortality The total number of infant deaths was of which V2 were mah' and 10 female, giving an infant mortality rate of 10.1 per 1,000 live births over the year, which may be com])ared wilh ‘dfl.O per 1,000 related births, th«' figure for England and Wales.