[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Jarrow Borough.

  • Jarrow (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Jarrow Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1 he ('^llmali- ol the ijopiilaliuii ol llir Hoioui^h lor i;^)4a Mi|)|)lic(| hy llU' Uroisirar (uncial is an estimate ol ilu- i i\i!ian |)o]>nlation onl\', and non-ci\ilians are rxclutled Irom all statistics. Ihis cstimati- shows an inria-ase ol 70 on the estimated jwipnlation lor 1044. 1 he total numhei'ol h\c births reoisteicd in 1945, SOS, and llie birth rate ol i9.S9 botli sliow a decrease on tile eorres|)ondini.; lionres lor 1944. I'he natural increase in |)o|Hilation, i.e. exci-ss ol births over di’aths, was IbS. I he birth Kate lor I'im^land and Wales lor 194S was 10.1. Detiths (Inline da' \cai- totalled S40, a rediiciion ol 4S on ibe 1944 tij^ni'es, .ind the death rale was 12.98, eoiiijiared with the death rate ol 11.4 lor I'.nyland and Wales. llu' l)eal!i Kate is the lowest to Ix' recorded in the Horoin.jh. .\n .\real C'omparabilit\ h'aclor has not been supplied by the Registrar (leneral so that a ('orrected death rate cannot be given. 1 he .Maleiiial .\loiialil\ Rate lor 1945 was 1.89 per 1,000 lixc and still biiths, compared with the rati* ol 1.79 lor i'ingland .'111(1 Wales. Inlantih* .Mortaliti Rati* lor the year was .S9.37 iK*r 1,000 li\'e births, comii.ned with 7.8.03 in 1944. I'his is lower than the r;it(* for Fbigland and Wales ol 40 in 1945, and the lowest e\er to be r(‘cordi*d in tin* Borongh. Tin* neo-natal infantile mortaliti rate (i.e. deaths of infants under one month) was 15.75 jier 1,000 live births, which showed a con- siderable dei'tease on the corresponding figure for 1944 of 30.82. I'lu* tuberculosis death statistics for 1945 showed an improvement on those for 1944. The total number of deaths from tuberculosis during the \ear was 30, eomprising 26 jnilmonary and 4 non-pulmonary, gi\ ing' a death rate ol 1.15, compared with 1.26 in 1944, the death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis showing a decrease on the previous year. The ini'ideiK'i* rate of tuberculosis, as represented by 66 notifeations received during the year, was 2.52 cases pei' 1,000 population, and showed a slight increase oxer 1944 when 62 notiiicatioiis and an incidence ralt* of 2.37 were reiorded. Tin* numbi'r of cases ol non-pulmonary tub(*r< ulosis remaining on the register at the end of the year is the lowi*sl so f:ir recorded. The t'ancer Death Rate was 1.83 per 1,000 poinilalion, an increase on the figure of 1.79 in 1944. 'I'he Rneunionia Death Rate of 0.53 showed an improx (*menl O'U the rate ol 1.07 in 1944. .Mortalitx' from other iidectious diseases xxas loxx . there being 3 deaths from Diphtheria and none from Searlet Fever, Measles and Whooping Cough.
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