[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Sidmouth U.D.C.

  • Sidmouth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Sidmouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1. Statistics of the Area Area .. 1‘l>i<-75 acres I^niber of inhabited houses *...... 3j323 Rateable Value.. £112,006 Sum represented by a penny rate .. £445*‘19*3» Population . 9750 2. Vital Statistics Births Total ]\fc.le Female (a) Live Births (legitimate) 8Z(. Live Births (illegitimate) 3 Birth rate per 1000 of the estimated resident population = 8.92 (b) Still Births ^legitimate) Still Births (illegitimate) Rate of still births per 1000 total (live and still births) = nil Deaths 186 (a) Death rate per 1000 of the estimated resident population = 19*07 Deaths from puerperal causes = nil \ (h) Infant Mortality Deaths of infants under 1 year of age (legitimate) 1 » '» '• » '» '» ” '• (illegitimte) Deaths of infants under k- weeks” ” (legitimate) 1 « » '» »' •' '• » ’» (illegitimate) Death rate of all infants per 1000 live births = ^2^ l\'U€ (c) Statistics provided by the Registrar-General 47 1 77 Causes of Death 1. Tuberculosis, Respiratory 3* Syphilitic disease 10, Malignant Neoplasm, Stonach 11, Malignant Neoplasm, Iwngs, Bronchus 12, Malignant Neoplasm, Breast 13* Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus lif. Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms 15* Leukaemia, aloikaemia 16, Diabetes 17* Vascular Lesions of nervous system 18. Coronary disease, angina 19* Hypertension with heart disease 20. Other heart disease 21, Other circulatory disease 23. Pneumonia 24* Bronchitis 25. Other diseases of respiratory system 26. Ulcer of stomach and ^odenum 28. Nephritis and Nephrosis 29* Hyperplasia of Prostate 31. Congenital malformations 32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases 33* Motor vehicle accidents 34* All other accidents 35 • Suicide M. P. 1 0 1 0 1 5 3 0 0 1 0 2 6 4 2 1 1 1 14 29 14 9 1 0 6 23 4 12 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 6 12 1 1 1 0 2 2 Total 77 109 37 2 109 1 1 Total deaths in 1952 - I86