[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Wisbech Borough and Port Health Authority.

  • Wisbech (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Wisbech Borough and Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    -Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Year 1956 To the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Wisbech. Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour of submitting to you my report on the general health of the Borough for the past year, ending 31st December, 1956. General Statistics. Area 4,666 acres Estimated resident population mid-1956, 17,230 Sum realised by a penny rate, £1,063 Number of inhabited houses, about 5,300 Rateable value, £264,567 Live Births. Total M. F. Legitimate . . 278 163 115 Illegitimate . . 26 16 10 Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident popula¬ tion mid-1956, 17*64 Still Births. Total M. F. Legitimate . 7 4 3 Illegitimate . 0 0 0 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 23*02 Deaths . 298 145 153 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated average popula¬ tion, 17*30 The comparable figures for towns of approximate^ the same size are as follows: — Birth rate per 1,000 . 16*^ Death rate per 1,000 . 15*4 Death rate of infants under 1 year of age ... 28*4 In the Borough there is a School Clinic, a Tuberculai Clinic, two General Hospitals, a Hospital for chronic aged and sick female patients, and an Orthopaedic Clinic held weekly at the North Cambridgeshire Hos¬ pital. Infectious Diseases are accommodated at Peter¬ borough and East Dereham Isolation Hospitals. Excellent Motor Ambulance facilities are available, whilst Diphtheria Antitoxin and Pathological and Bacteriological examinations are provided when necess¬ ary. Public Health Staff. The duties connected with this are carried out by the M.O.H. who is a part-time officer, the Borough Engin¬ eer and Surveyor, the Borough Senior and Additional Public Health Inspectors, all full-time officers, together with those of the Council’s employees who are specially needed for sanitary work. Deaths From Puerperal Causes : — >> ■s: Q Q Puerperal sepsis . 0 Other puerperal causes. 0 ^ a v. ; ^ •» Ci-v. *-> « * 0 0 Death Rate of Infants under 1 Year of Age: — All infants per 1,000 live births . 16*44 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births . 18*05 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births . 0 Deaths from cancer (all ages) . 40 Deaths from measles (all ages). 0 Deaths from whooping cough (all ages). 0 Deaths from diarrhoea (under two years of age) 0 Deaths from motor vehicle accidents . 1 Deaths from lung cancer. 8 Infant and Child Welfare. The Infant and Child Welfare Clinic in Norwich Road is held weekly on Friday afternoons, a record number of attendances being made in 1956. Welfare Attendances for 1956 Number of children who attended during the year .*. 394 Number of children who attended for the first time, and who at their first attendance were under 1 year . 177 Number of children attending born in 1956 ... 153 Number of children attending born in 1955 ... 116 Number of Children attending bom 1954-1951 125 Total number of attendances made by child¬ ren during the year. 1. Under 1 year of age . 2624 2. 1 year of age but under 2 years. 645 3. 2 years of age but under 5 years . 1007 Total 4276