[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

  • Tynemouth (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ft 3 PRINCIPAL CERTIFIABLE CAUSES OF DEATH. No. of Deaths. Proportion of Deaths per 1,000 Deaths from all causes. Diseases of Circulatory System. Disease of the heart ... 237 307.00 Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions 86 111.40 Other Circulatory Diseases ... 20 25.90 Respiratory Diseases. Pneumonia 32 41.45 Influenza 4 5.19 Bronchitis 21 27.20 Other Respiratory Diseases ... 12 15 54 Tuberculosis. All forms 62 80.31 Cancer and Malignant Diseases. All forms 114 147.66 Deaths from all causes Total 772 MATERNAL MORTALITY. 5 MATERNAL DEATHS occurred during the year, giving a mortality rate of 3.39 per 1,000 live and still births. Comparative Table of Maternal Deaths for Past 10 Years. Year. Births. Birth Rate. Tynemouth. England and Wales Maternal Mortality per 1,000 live and stillbirths. No. of Maternal Deaths (R.G.) Maternal Mortality per ] ,000 live and stillbirths. 1938 1,104 16.60 5 4.50 3.08 1939 1,119 16.70 2 1.74 2.93 1940 1,060 17.74 6 5.47 2.16 1941 897 15.95 3 3.21 3.87 1942 908 16.97 2 2.08 2.08 1943 1,019 19.45 2 1.96 2.29 1944 1,252 21.90 0 0.00 1.93 1945 1,144 19.47 2 1.75 1.79 1946 1,358 21.32 0 0.00 1.43 1947 1,433 22.02 5 3.39 1.17 Average* 1,129 18.81 2.7 2.41 2.27 * Mean of 10 years.