[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough.

  • Portsmouth (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Portsmouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH SUMMARY FOR 1944 Civil Population (estimated to the middle of 1944) - 155,860 1. GENERAL STATISTICS Area in Acres (land and inland water) - Population (Census 1931) - • - Number of Inhabited Houses ______ Rateable Value (1st April, 1944) - Sum represented by a Penny Rate _____ Average number of persons in each house (Census 1931) Average number of persons per Acre (Census 1931) Total Rainfall - - - - - - -29.09 inches 9,223 249,283 52,166 -£1,684,331 £6,085 4.5 31.3 738 millimetres 2. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS LIVE BIRTHS Total Male Female Legitimate - - - 3,321 1,768 1,553 ] 1 Rate per 1,000 Illegitimate - 347 177 170 >• Population 23.53 Total - - - - 3,668 1,945 1,723 j 1 STILLBIRTHS Legitimate - - - 101 60 41 1 1 Rate per 1,000 Illegitimate - - 9 5 4 -Total Births Total - - ** - 110 65 45 j 1 29.11. DEATHS - - - 2,375 1,238 1,137 (Rate per 1,000 [Population 15. Deaths from diseases and accidents of Pregnancy and Childbirth:— From Puerperal and Post-Abortive Sepsis 2. From other Maternal causes 3 Maternal Mortality rate per 1,000 Total Births: From Puerperal Pyrexia 0.52 From other Maternal causes 0.79 Total Maternal Mortality rate - 1.32 Death rate of Infants under one year of age: All Infants per 1,000 live births (165) _____ 44.98 Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births (141) - - 42.45 Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births (24) - 69.16 Deaths from Cancer (all ages) -------- 347 M from Measles (all ages)- ------- 4 from Whooping Cough (all ages) ------ 2 from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) ----- 20 3. COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEAR (1943) 1943 1944 Population 149,080 Population 155,860 Number Rate per 1000 living Number Rate per 1000 living Births ------ 342 21.54 3668 23.53 Deaths ------ 2,312 15.50 2,375 15.23 ” Principal Zymotic Diseases - 13 0.08 28 0.17 Smallpox - - - - - Measles - 3 0.02 4 0.02 Scarlet Fever - — — - - Diphtheria - 1 0.00 1 0.00 Whooping Cough - - - 6 0.04 2 0.01 ” Fever (Typhoid & Para Typhoid) - - 1 0.00 11 Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 3 0.02 20 0.12 ” Pulmonary Tuberculosis 138 0.92 141 0.90 Other Forms of Tuberculosis- 17 0.12 21 0.13 M Cancer ----- 371 2.48 347 2.22 Influenza - 32 0.21 15 0.09 Continued -