[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Doncaster County Borough.

Doncaster (England). County Borough Council.

Date:: 1948

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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Doncaster County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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8. SUICIDE AND VIOLENCE. There were 31 deaths (3-9% of all deaths) from these eauses. This is 20 less than in the previous year. There were 7 deaths due to suicide (a decrease of 2), 4 due to road traffic accidents (a decrease of 13), and 20 due to other causes of a violent nature (a decrease of 5). 9. ABDOMINAL DISEASES. There were 31 deaths (3-9% of all deaths) from these causes from which infantile diarrhoea is excluded. This is 3 less than in the previous year. Ulcer of the stomach or duodenum caused 9 (a decrease of one), appendicitis caused 3 (an increase of one), and other digestive diseases caused 19 (a decrease of 3). 10. NEPHRITIS. There were 31 deaths (3*9% of all deaths) from this cause. This is 2 more than in the previous year. . 11. DIABETES. There were 8 deaths (1*0% of all deaths) from this cause. This is 4 more than in the previous year. 12. INFLUENZA. There were 6 deaths (0-8% of all deaths) from this disease. This is 7 less than in the previous year. 13. INFANTILE DIARRHOEA. There were 6 deaths (0-8% of all deaths) from this disease. This is 2 more than in the previous year. 14. SYPHILITIC DISEASES. There were 3 deaths (0-4% of all deaths) from this disease. This is 3 less than in the previous year. SECTION I! HEALTH SERVICES OF THE AREA A. HOSPITALS AND SPECIALIST SERVICES. 1. HOSPITALS: The hospitals in the borough are :— (a) Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Thorne Road, a general hospital of 325 beds occupied by acute cases; this formerly was a voluntary hospital.