[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Hatfield R.D.C.

  • Hatfield (Hertfordshire, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Hatfield R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HATFIELD RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL INTERIM AMull REPORT OF THE ACTING MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH 1. Statistics 1945 1944 1343 1942 Rateable value at 31st December. 168,440 167,597 166,540 163,702 Inhabited houses .at 31st December. 5,210 5,200 5,250 5,250 The population figure supplied by the Registrar General was 20,030 20,150 20,790 20, 750 Mo, of deaths from all causes. 160 218 189 174 No. of live births. Legitimate 289 387 309 369 Illegitimate 20 21 19 12 Mo. of still births. Legitimate 8 5 7 10 Illegitimate — 2 1 I No. of deaths under one year. Legitimate 10 9 15 7 Illegitimate 3 3 1 1 Live birth ra.te per 1,000 of the population 15,42 20.25 15.78 18.36 Still birth rate per 1,000 live and still bisvth, • rsj O •* ' * O H 6«. 8 7 26.80 28.06 Crude death rate pel* ly'C'; of the population 7,99 10.32 9.10 9.34 Death rate of all infants per 1,000 live births 42.07 29.41 48.80 20.99 Death rate of all legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births. 34.60 23.25 48.54 19.24 Death rate of all illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births. 150.00 142.86 ' 52.63 83.33 The death rate of all infants for England & Wales was i 46. Of the 13 infant deaths, 1 was due to prematurity, and 5 to congenital defects, and were not therefore preventable. 2. Infectious Diseases Scarlet Fever 34 15 27 12 Diphtheria 1 1 1 Theoping Cough 14 69 8 43 Measles 354 51 251 74 Erysipelas 1 2 6 3 Pneumonia 15 11 18 19 Puerperal Pyrexia - ' 1 5 1 Sonne Dysentery 92 - - - Ophthalmia Neonatorium - 1 - - 3. Dinhtheria Immunisation During the year 281 children under 5 y ears were i mmunised, ' \nd 4 tihildren over 5 years. 4. Tuberculosis There were 4 deaths from t ,uberculosis during the year. Male Fernr lie Pul. Non/Pul. Pul. Ncn/Pul Total On the Register at 31,12.44 57 19 35 14 125 Removals 8 7 5 20 Additions 10 3 13 2 28 On the Register at 31,12.45 59 15 43 16 153 5. Scabies During the year the follow 'ing cases were treated ChiIdren Ma] e t'.a-’ . as Female Total S6 24 44 164