[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council.
- West Sussex (England). County Council.
- Date:
- 1955
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Chief Vital Statistics for each Sanitary District in the County -—-1 Death Rates & Respir¬ atory Tuber¬ culosis Estimated Population middle of 1955 No. of Births 1 Birth Rate ! Illegitimate Births (No. of | No. of Deaths 1 1 ... - . — ■ ■ -- Crude 1 4 & ra rO d rO 8 0 +3 m CO -H Deaths under one year Infant Mortali Rate per 1,00C Births No. of Deaths Death Rate Cancer Death Rs.te Urban Districts Arundel (M.B.) 2,650 36 13.6 3 38 14.3 9.8 .1 27.8 1 0*38 3.8 Bognor Regis 25,370 285 11.2 20 401 15.8 10.6 13 4-5.6 3 0.12 2.5 Chichester (M.B.) ... 18,930 255 13.4 6 297 15.6 12.2 3 11.7 2 0.11 2.4 Horsham ... 17,210 216 12.6 4 220 12.8 L0.1 3 13.9 — — 2.2 Littlehampton 14,760 234 15-9 15 171 11.6 9.4 5 21.4 2 0.14 2.3 Shoreham-by- Sea 14,1Q0 208 14.7 12. 160 11.3 9.2 7 33-7 2 0.14 2.4 Couthvick 11,100 14-5 13.1 4 133 12.0 9.2 3 20.6 1 0.09 2.3 Worthing (M.B.) ... 69,840 657 9.4 30 1269 18.2 9.3 13 19.8 8 0.11 3.3 Total Urban Districts ] .74,100 L ... 2036 11.7 94 2689 15.4 9.7 48 23.6 19 0.11 2.7 Rural District. Chanctonbury i 1 21,550 265 12.3 7 280 13.0 9.9 8 30.2 1 0.05 2.4 Chichester 46,540 690 14.8 28 479 10.3 9.4 10 14.5 5 0.11 1.8 Horsham ... 47,770 993 20.8 19 358 7.5 7.4 23 23.2 4 0.08 1.7 Midhurst... 16,980 262 15.4 13 249 14.7 10.7 3 11.5 1 0.0 6 2.7 Petworth... 9,530 117 12.3 6 102 10.7 7.8 l 8.5 — 0.16 1.8 1 Worthing... 31,230 _ 318 10.2 17 539 17.3 10.9 7 22.0 5 2.7 Total Rural Districts 173,600 i .I 2645 15.2 90 2007 11.6 9.3 52 19.7 16 0.09 2.1 1 ! Administrative1 County ... 347,700 — -....i 4681 13.5 184 4696 13.5 _ 9.5 100 21.4 35 0.10 2.4 INFECTIOUS DISEASES Table V shows the incidence of infectious diseases in urban end rural districts during the year. Measles was the most prevalent disease during the year. Poliomyelitis shewed an increase compared with the previous years 59 cases (as compared with 14 in 195l)> twenty-seven were of the non-paralytic type. For details see Table which follows.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30264649_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
