[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Morpeth R.D.C.

  • Morpeth (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Morpeth R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    S.D. 55. certain Birth -rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Infectious Diseases in the year 1947. Provisional figures based on Mortality and Case rates for weekly and quarterly returns. 126 C.B.s and 148 Smaller Towns England and Great Towns Resident Pop. London Wales including 25,000 — 50,000 A dm. County London 1921 Census BIRTHS:— * Rates p< sr 1,000 Civilian Poj mlation:— Live Births 20.5f 23.3 22.2 22.7 Still Births . 0.50f 0.62 0.54 0.49 DEATHS:— All Causes 12.Of 13.0 11.9 12.8 Typhoid and Paratyphoid 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Scarlet Fever ... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Whooping Cough 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 Diphtheria 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 Influenza 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.08 Smallpox 0.00 0.00 0.00 Measles 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 NOTIFICATIONS:— Typhoid Fever 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 Paratyphoid Fever 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 Cerebro-Spinal Fever ... 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.05 Scarlet Fever ... 1.37 1.54 1.37 1.31 Whooping Cough 2.22 2.41 2.02 2.80 Diphtheria 0.13 0.15 0.14 0.14 Erysipelas 0.19 0.21 0.18 0.22 Smallpox 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 Measles 9.41 9.13 9.58 5.29 Pneumonia 0.79 0.89 0.68 0.64 * A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths. f Rates per 1,000 total population. DEATHS:— Rates per 1,000 Live Births:— All causes under 1 year of age ... 41 X 47 36 37 Enteritis and Diarrhoea under 2 years of age 5.8 8.0 3.7 4.8 NOTIFICATIONS:— Rates per 1,000 J Total (Live and S ►till) Births:— Puerperal Fever | 7.16 8.99 6.27 f 1.21 Puerperal Pyrexia f 1 ] 6.94§ MATERNAL MORTALITY IN ENGLAND AND WALES 140. Abortion with Sepsis 141. Abortion without Sepsis 147. Puerperal Infections 142—146 ( 148—150 I Other Maternal Causes Rates per 1,000 Total (Live & Still) Births 0.10 0.06 0.16 0.85 Rates per million women aged 15 — 44 9 5 X Per 1,000 related births. § Including Puerperal Fever.
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