[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridge Borough.
- Cambridge (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1936
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridge Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Diseases of the Respiratory System.—The deaths recorded from the principal members of this group are as follows :— 1921 ’22 '23 '24 '25 '26 '27 '28 '29 ’30 ’31 32 '33 ’34 ’35 '36 Bronchitis 36 59 49 52 40 45 84 43 70 35 50 35 69 42 28 38 Pneumonia Broncho 22 17 15 ir 9 9 12 17 11 16 11 9 15 20 21 16 Pneumonia 20 25 11 22 15 17 11 13 25 18 19 20 21 15 19 20 Others 9 5 9 13 8 6 11 15 14 12 M 12 18 9 16 15 — — — — — — — — — — — — ——- — — — Total ... 87 106 84 98 72 77 118 88 120 81 94 76 123 86 84 89 Maternal Mortality.—For the third year in succession there have been no maternal deaths from sepsis, the two deaths recorded being due to accidents of parturition. The number of deaths of mothers from sepsis, and from other puer- peral conditions for the past ten years was 8 from sepsis and 19 from all other conditions. The average death-rate from puerperal sepsis for the same period of years has been 1 per 1000 births, and from other puerperal conditions 2 per 1000 births. The corresponding rates for England and Wales for 1936 were 1.34 and 2.31. VACCINATION. The information given below has been kindly supplied by the Clerk to the County Council. 1936 Number of Births ... • • • • • • 1002 ,, ,, Successful Vaccinations • > « • • • 2] I „ ,, Certificates of Insusceptibility • • • • • • 4 ,, „ Statutorv Declarations of Conscientious Objection... 626 „ who died Unvaccinated... • • • • « • 29 „ postponed by Medical Certificate • • • • • • 21 „ removed to other districts • • • • • # 43 „ not found and in abeyance • • • • • • 68 Percentage successfully vaccinated • • • • • • 20.9 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. I am indebted to the Clerk to the County Council for the following figures relating to Public Assistance in Cambridge. Union County Lane Infirmary. Institution. 1. Patients relieved in Institutions : (a) Able-bodied 0 27 (b) Notable-bodied 667 180 (c) Insane ... 13 0 (d) Children... 144 1 2. Vagrants ... • • • • • • 15,846 3- No. of out-door poor relieved • • • • • • ... ... 2,099 4- No. of out-door vagrants relieved ... • • • • • • • • • • •« 0 5- No. of children relieved at the Childrens Home, Ross Street ... 39](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29355783_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
