[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Padiham U.D.C.

  • Padiham (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Padiham U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LIBRARY HEALTH] F27JUL45 | I PaDIHAM urban district council. Town Hall* PADIHaM< 21st July, 1945° To the Chairman and Members ofwie Urban District Council of Padiham© Gentlemen, I have the honour to present my nineteenth Annual Report dealing with the health of the inhabitants of Padiham during the year 1944° Acting on the instructions of the Ministry of Health this report will be an interim report confined to. essential or urgent matters which have affected the Public^ Health during the year, outbreak of Infectious Diseases, etc© STATISTICSo Population;- Estimated Population in 1944 - 8,903 No© of Live Births registered;- Males - o'j (Legc 64, Illeg0 1) Females - 80 (Lego 75, Illcg0 5) Total - 145° No© of Still Births;- Males - 0, Females - 1, Total - 1. No© of Deaths of Infants under one year of age:- Males - 7 (Leg© 7, Illcgo 0) Females - 5 (beg© 4, Pliego 1) Total - 12. No© of Deaths registered;- Males - 78, Females - 68, Total - 1460 Infantile Mortality Rate per 1000 live births;- 82.7 Birth Rate per 1000 of the estimated population;- I80II Death Rate per 1000 of the estimated population;- 16=22 Causes of Death;- Whooping Cough 0000=0000000000 1 Diphtheria 0 o © Oo=oooo©=oo= 000 3 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System 5 Syphilitic Diseases Ooooooooooo 1 Influenza 0o = 000 = » = © = = 000 = = = 3 Measles 00 o = = = = = 00o 000 Ooo 00? 1 Cancor and Malignant Disease e =© = 21 Diabetes c 000 000000 00= 000000 P Intracranial Vascular Lesion . coo 13 Heart Disease 0=000000=0==0=0 48 Other Diseases of Circulatory System . 4 Bronchitis o = = oo= 000 ©== 00= 0 = = 11 Pneumonia o = oooooo°° = °°oooc'° 7 Other Respiratory Diseases 0=- =oo 1 Other Digestive Diseases 0 === °°° 3