[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.

  • Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
Date:
1962
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Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    proportion indeed and only exceeded during the last thirty years in 1944, 1945 and 1946, when a peak figure of 15-8 per cent was reached. There were special circumstances then, as there are now, j and the problem is discussed in some detail in the body of this j Report. Stillbirths were 22 in number, giving a rate of 11-93 per 1,000 | live and stillbirths, considerably lower than the national average. | Forty infants died before their first birthday, the same number as 1 in 1961, but the infant mortality rate fell to 21-95 per 1,000 live- births owing to the higher total births in 1962. Twenty six-of these c infants died before they were four weeks old, the main causes of infant mortality being once again prematurity and congenital i abnormalities. In this latter group of conditions there was no suggestion in any case that the mother had taken the drug Thali-! domide. Deaths occurring in the Borough totalled 2,563, representing, a death rate of 17-11 per 1,000 of the population, and an adjusted death rate of 11-63, both rather higher rates than duringi 1961. As before, the majority of deaths were due to chronic de-. generative disease in elderly persons, and the bitter weather at the. end of the year undoubtedly placed an intolerable burden on many persons in this age group. There were no maternal deaths during the year. Notifiable Infectious Diseases I The Borough remained relatively free from infectious disease i during the year and there were no cases of poliomyelitis or diph-: i theria. The one case of typhoid fever recorded was infected during fi a holiday in Spain, and it cannot be too strongly emphasised, anc | recent events in a prominent Swiss resort have strengthened th{ 8 argument, that anyone leaving these shores on either business o: 1 pleasure should at least take the elementary precaution of pro A tecting themselves against smallpox and enteric fever. ] Tuberculosis I Notifications of pulmonary tuberculosis were rather higher thai :ft in 1961, 50 as compared with 37, while the number of deaths in ) creased from 6 to 7. It is a pleasure to record the excellent co-opera s i