[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley County Borough.

  • Barnsley (England : Unitary authority). County Borough Council.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The findings at inquests held by H.M. Coroner during 1965 on Barnsley residents were as follows : 1. Deaths certified from natural causes Male ... 1 Female 2. Deaths certified as Road Traffic Accidents ... 5 4 3. Deaths certified as Occupation Accidents .. 2 ■■■ ■■■ 4. Deaths certified as Home & Other Accidents .... .. 12 8 5. Deaths certified as Suicide 3 1 6. Deaths certified as Homicide — , ■ 7. Any other causes .. 10 Comment: The vital^statistics for Barnsley for 1965 may be regarded as highly satisfactory. The fractional decrease in the birth rate when compared with the previous year is of no significance at all. In fact there were 7 fewer births No serious inference either should be drawn from the increase m the number of illegitimate births by 6. It is most satisfactory to note an overall improvement in the various statistics related to infant mortality. The onfy one no“ comS w K previous year is illegitimate infant deaths and her! again the numbers involved are not sufficiently large to provide a sound oasis for comparison. .ort?i]^ S comparison of last year’s figure with the Nationa a^^e gave an thSr ^ comparison carriS out with whole foifte pas? 5 S^o^s^TaS year per 1,000 live births, that for Barnsley at 23.87. Having reS^to the social composition of the Barnsley community namelv the verv hiah proportion of the Registrar General’s Social ClLses WaL V^hese Bgures indicate that the attention being paid to infant mr^rtorf io7Tfe “ ‘■r® rKou?h rh?”i!gu„ ?f'S s or 1965 IS above the National average, it is below the average for Barnsley for the past 5 years. It is pleasing also to note that thefgure for still births is also down when compared with 1964 ^ Considerable attention was paid in last year’s report to the relation, ship between abortions, still births and perinatal mortality In view of the improvement it is not proposed to recapitulate this here.