[Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Prudhoe U.D.C.
- Prudhoe (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1964
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Prudhoe U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Causes of infant deaths All five deaths were within 24 hours of birth and were ascribed to liyahni' membrane disease, anencaphaly, torn tentorium ccrcbelli, ])rematurity and thrombocvto]>oenic purpura. Comment on causes of death 28 deaths were from the Prudhoe and Monkton Hospital and these accounted for most of the deaths in the 1—35 years age groups. There are some 1400 of the population normally resident in the Prudhoe and Monkton Hospital and the crude death rate for these is 20 per 1,000. h'or the remainder of the j)opu1ation the crude death rate is 12.4 per 1,000. In the community there was a larger than expected number of deaths in the 45—64 year age group. Coronary thrombosis accounted for eleven of these. The exact cause of this disease has not been elucidated. Factors associated wdth it are lack of exercise, smoking and increased intake of animal fats. Some consider increased responsibility and general stress of living to be somehow a factor but others have denied this. It is a disease which is on the increase and it is hoped that further knowledge may lead to its prevention.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30000002_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
