[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield U.D.C.
- Driffield (Humberside, England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1944
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![library IHB URBAN DiSTRxGT OB I)R-i.I']?-..BLD aIOTAL report of tho^ . EEDxCAL 0BBu,CER OB HE/GLTH for th^ year 1944 > beg to submit my Annual Report for the year 1944;- 1,General Statistics; Area (acres) 2420, Average number of persons per inhabited building 3®24, Total number, of separate occupiers l8Bl, Rateable Value £29,197<i Sum represented by a penny ro.te £ 111.14^_ _ \ ' ; ■ 2. Extracts from vital statisticsi-The Registr.^r General estimate.-s- the- resident population at 6,083* Births During the year there were 101 blrths, regiiistcred (53 males and 48 females) compared with 137 (7^ males and 67 females) last year. Legitimate 58 (49 males and 39 females) illegitimato I3 (4 maled and 9 females) The birthrate was 16083 per 1,000. Last year it was 26,91. Bor England and Wales the birthrate was 1746 per 1,000 total* populaticnc Stillbirths in the District 3 (3 legitimate females) Deaths;During the year there was 8l deaths (37 niales and 44 females) The deathrate was 15.I6 per 1,000. Last~year the death- rate was 15.72 p&r 1,000 The number of deaths of infants under 1 year was 6 (4 males and“2 females),the .deathrate of infants under 1 year per 1,000 live births was Bor England and Wales it was 46 per 1^000 The causes of death were;- Total Males Bernale3 V»fhcoping Cough 3 Tuberculosis of resp,system 3 Tuberciilos is “other form.s. Syphilitic Diseases 1 Cancer,all forms 7 Diabetes • 1 Inter-cranial vascular lesions 12 I^eart Disease- “ .27 Other Diseases of circ.system 3 Bronchitis /' 2 Pneumonia 1 Appendicitis “ . 2 Otherdigestive diseases 4 Nephritis 1 Premature birth 1 Congenital Malformation Birth Injuries etc, ' 1 Accident .. 2 Other causes 9 Dccaths of infants under 1 year (legitimate) 2 -do- -do- (illegitimate) 4 1 ] 1 2 1 4 16 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 h- 2 • w 5 8 11 1 i 1 2 1 q 1 3. Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculo'^iisl during the year,1943](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29168454_0001.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)


