[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashbourne U.D.C.

  • Ashbourne (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashbourne U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths Males 1+6 Females 43 Total 89 Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated population 16.27 Comparability Factor 0.96 Adjusted Death Rate 15.61 England and Wales Death Rate 11.7 Deaths from Cancer (all forms) Males 10 Females Total 17 Deaths from Cancer, lung and bronchus Males 4 Females Total 4 DEATHS REGISTERED DURING- 1955 The following table shows the causes of deaths registered in 1955 ; Causes of Death Male Female Total Malignant neoplasm, stomach 2 . 2.... Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus 4 - 4 Malignant neoplasm, breast - 2 2 Malignant neoplasm, uterus - 1 1 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms 4 4 8 | Diabetes - 1 1 j Vascular lesions of nervous system 9 7 16 1 Coronary disease, angina 9 6 15 j Hypertension with heart disease - 1 l Other heart disease 3 8 IT' Other circulatory disease 8 9 17 Bronchitis I - 1 | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea 1 - 1 j Other defined and ill defined diseases 3 3 , All other accidents 3 [ Totals - - - 46 L - 43 89 INFECTIOUS PIS EASES The total number of notifications of infectious diseases received during 1955 was 207 as compared with 22 m 1954. Detai Is of the notifications received and the number removed to hospital are shown in the following table Disease 7 Number of Cases Notified Removed to Hospital j Scarlet Fever 1 , | Measles 197 Pneumonia 2 i J Puerperal Pyrexia i Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) 6 5 . J TOTALS 207 ^ ]