[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Cosford (Union) R.D.C.
- Cosford (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1947
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Cosford (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![120 deaths (136 in 1946) occurred during 1947 including one death from Maternal Causes (Heading 30)p 9 deaths from Cancerp no deaths from Measles, Whooping Cough or Diarrhoea (under 2 years). As opposed to 1946 in which there v/ere 4 deaths under one year of c^ge, there was only one in 1947 - u male legitimate infant of 3 days v/ho succumhed to Prematurity following a Caesarean hirth. No child of pre-school age or elementary school age died during 1947 - there was one of each in 1946. The only other deaths in the nonage were of a 16 year old mentally defective youth due to fits and a maiden of 20 years who died from Pulmonary Tuherculcsis. Three other i&dies aged 24j 30 and 34 years succumhed to Pulmor.ary Tuherculcsis (as did a male aged 43 years). These, together with a pu.erperal death (aged 34) and a hlood disease (aged 37) were the only femc.lo deaths before 40 years of age. Two other males died heford 40 years of ago ~ one ag’c.c, 30 years a Road Traffic Accident victim and the other aged 37 years from Thromhosis. The age and sex distrihutiion of c.caths is indicated in the table hellos Total of Male & Male. Femal e. Female • • • • • KO h- -d -d -d -d -d’ -d cn (T\ 0^ cn On cn H H rn H iH H 61(62) 39 (74) 120(136) Under 1 year 1 2; 1 year & II 5 years If 1 5 years II It 15 If - — 1 - 15 u II II 25 I! \ — 2 25 it If II 45 If 7 if 11 If 65 II 16 6 6 65 & ovei’. nSs If il iT 70 II 7 i 5: 7 70 1! If it 75 If 5(: .6] 5 80 in 1947 • 75 II il II 80 II 14 (7 10 80 it il If 85 if 10( IL 13 85 II il II 90 II 8 ( 0 8 (98 in 1946) ( 90 il II II 95 II - (1) 1 (4) I’ l' 3 12 V ( 14 (13))73^ in 10 (20))1947. 24 (17 ) 23 (23)} 16 (18))72% in 1 (4);1946. Comment was made in my li^nual Report for 1946 oh the increase in Cerebral Haemorrhage deaths - a similar table is given belo?/, for the five Districts for which I ern Medical Officer of Health, to illustrate this trend. • 'U I'O cn i—i • n cn iH • CO n H Q cn o^ rH c- r-l Xl- Oi iH « CM -Cf cn H 0 3 cn H e cn H • cn H . VO -d' cn rH i • r- -d- cn rH Cosford R.D.C. 8 10 5 4 14 16 16 16 -9 25 14 Nevmiarke t U. D. C. 11 4 11 7 10 15 17 8 18 14 16 13 Mildenhall R.D.C. 10 6 6 11 18 13 17 14 15 16 20 12 Thedv/astre R.D.C. NR NR “/ 7 22 15 12 19 12 11 9 12 Thingoc R.D.C. 9 16 Si 11 25 19 24 14: 14 22 23 36 34 40 89 8], I 86 7^ 7^ 12 93_ 87 NR. The figures for these years were not recorded locally. On page 5 is a table giving statistics for 1947 und for the previous year, 1946, as also for the decade from 1936 to 1943• Prom this table have been prepared the decade figures which allow comparison with this period and the year 1947, - 3 -](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2912394x_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
