[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Newton-le-Willows U.D.C.
- Newton-le-Willows (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1942
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Newton-le-Willows U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![or-^To-tinrt nf +>f Matron, Mrs. Crockett, has maintained the Hospital very efficiently under conditions - ° ^-ncult> out any further reduction of staff will ,.lmoso certainly lead to ?. reduction in the number of cases which could oe admitted. cases ^ ar c i m e i'u r s e r i e a . thl, n1 Btr1 + -J“/eb]7siry tl1e !;inlstry of Health indicated that * = „ioLiict snould make arrangements for two wartime nurseri^a thi^Suhioofrabi?taffl0Unt ?%tim0 and trouble h5s been Sevoted to t,,i, sucject. After careful examination of all vacant m-eaisas it vs, _ound. that none were suitable for adaptation within reaionaole expenditure and it became necessary to find = site tor the erection of a standard pre-fabricated nursery. Hosite to serve tie whole District is available but a site for the first nursery . as been secured off Patterson Street and it is hoo“d that buildin. will begin early in 1943. - taet Mate mi Finally I na.ve to thank ths Health Committee r’nc. Child ielfare Committee, the officers and staffs of wuc Dei ertments and the ladies of the Voluntary Committee viieir corcmued support and co-operation. .or I have the honour to be, Your obedient servant, 3. X. APPLETON. 1. Statistics - *— ~ ■ ■ ■ — ■ ■ ■ • Medical Officer of Health. (Subject to amendment by information received from Registrar General at later date). Birth rate 15.48 per 1,000 population Infant death rate 56.25 per 1,000 births Maternal death rate 6.25 per 1,000 'births Death rate 10.54 per 1,000 population Principal causes of death Cancer.24 Heart disease.60 Diphtheria. 4 Cerebral haemorrhage . 10 Other circulatory diseases... 26 Pneumonia.13 Infectious diseases Cases notified Rem, to ho sol. Scarlet fever Diphtheria leasles whooping Cough pneumonia Cerebrospinal fever Erysipelas Dysentery Diphtheria carrier •* 3d cast s were found not t ■> oe liphtheria. i 5 s-ses were rediagnosed in Hospital. 63 81 150 3o 26 7 2 3 1 HI 51 78 ^ 3 1 7 4 1 2 1 2M](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29909739_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
