[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Dartford Borough.

  • Dartford (England). Borough Council
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Dartford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The deaths in hospital and at home were; - All ages 0 75 and over. Hospital0 Horae 0 Hospital. Home. 1950 ° ° 0 000 » => ° 080 126 207 51 - 94 195i OOO OOO OOO OOO 175 252 56 105 1952 OO. OOO OOO OOO 171 200 60 101 1953 3?°°° OOO OOO OOO 176 219 73 102 x Including Stone House and Darenth Park. The social status of deaths, including Stone House and Darenth Park, was: - 1953 1951 1952 1953 I OOO OOO OOO 11 3$ 5$ 3$ GX*d(3.@ XX 000 0 0 • 000 75 152 16$ 21$ XXX OOO OOO OOO 119 322 40$ 32$ Grcici.0 XV ooo 000 000 95 29$ 25$ 27$ Gx*cici6 V OOO OOO OOO 60 21$ 341 172 Unclassified. ... ... 35 395 100 a- 100$ 100$ CAUSES OF DEATH. The causes of death may be summarised: - 1950 1951 1952 1953 * All causes of death 336 (100$) 427 (100$) 371 (100$) 395 '1002) Main causes of death 266 (79$) 349 (82$) 292 (79$) 322 (82$) Other causes of death. 70 (21$) 78 (18$) 79 (21$) 73 (182) Main ((440-468) Diseases of ( circulatory Causes ( system |(140-205) Cancer, in- ^ eluding Hodgkin* is \ disease, Leukaemia | and Aleukaemia Death. ((330-334) Vascular ( lesions affecting ( Central Nervous ( System. 138 (41$) 173 (412) 128 (34$) 152 (392) 68 (20$) 65 (152) 70 (19$) 64 (16$) 34 (10$) 55 (132) 55 (152) 47 (122) ((470-527 Diseases of ) respiratory system. 26 (8$) 56 (132) 39 (H2) 59 (152) se including Stone House and Darenth Park. For the year 1953, the percentages oT the main causes of death are similar to those of England and Wales» CANCER OF THE LUNGo This caused 8 deaths in 1953° This gives a death rate of 0.2 compared with 0.34for England and Wales and 0.51 for London0 CORONARY DISEASE. There were 50 deaths. Two were under 45 years of age. 7 were in social class V and 16 in social classes I and II. The death rate was lo3 compared with 1.40 for England and Wales and 1.43 for London. 4o
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