[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Alderley Edge U.D.C., Cheadle & Gatley U.D.C., Wilmslow U.D.C.

  • Alderley Edge (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1966
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Credit: [Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Alderley Edge U.D.C., Cheadle & Gatley U.D.C., Wilmslow U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS 1, POPULATION The estimated population of the three Urban Districts has continued to rise as is shown in the following table t- ALDERLEY EDGE CHEADLE AND GATLET WILMSLOW 1966 «•• «••4 4,020 53,580 27,820 1965 ... .... 3,880 52,490 27,760 % Increase .... 3-6% 2.1fo »2fo The small increase in population at Wilmslow may be a temporary occurrence. However, only time will tell whether this small increase is perhaps occasioned by the proposed new development in Wilmslow catering for present residents of Manchester. II. MOTHERS AND INFANTS The statistics relating to Mothers and Infants are given in Table 1. The number of births occurring is tending to level off and the increase in the birth rate which occurred up to 1964 generally appears to have ceased. III. DEATH RATE The death rates are as shown in Table 111. The figures for Alderley Edge are small and the fluctuations in the adjusted death rate are of no significance. IV. CAUSES OP DEATH The causes of death, as provided by the Registrar General, are given in Table IV. The pattern of the causes of death remains much the same as in previous years. V. INFECTIOUS DISEASES Total Notifications of Infectious Diseases during 1966 are shown in Table V. The case of Paralytic Poliomyelitis was a person who had suffered from the disease overseas and came to this country for treatment. Routine tests revealed that the person concerned was still excreting the virus of Poliomyelitis and for this reason the patient was notified as suffering fron the disease.