[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Hawarden R.D.C.

  • Hawarden (Wales). Rural District Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Hawarden R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CAUSES OF FEATIic M F 1« Tuberculosis - Respiratory firt Tuberculosis - Other 3o Syphilitic Disease A o Diphtheria 3o Uhooping Gough bf. Meningococcal Infeat ions Acute Poliomjrelitis Oo Meas3-es 9o Other Infectiuo & Parasitic Diseases lOo Malignant neoplasm stomach 11o Malignant neoplasm lungs - bronchus 12 o Maligna.nt no op].asm breast 13» Malignajat neoplasm u'uerus lAo Other malignant and l^^mphatic n j ople.sms 15o Loufcaero.ia silculiaemia iSo Diabetec 17o Vasci'lar lesions of nervous system lo.' Chero.i'.vary disease - angina 15c rlypcrtension, vjith heart disease 20-5 Other heart disease 21o Other oircula,tory disea.so 22 o l3sfluensa 23 o P.neum,-. .eia 24 o 3r one hi t i s 25o Other diseases of Respiratory system 26» Ulcer of stomach and DucdenuL'i 27o Ciastritis enter.ltis and Ditirrhoea 28. nephritis and Ibphrosis 29e rbaperplopia of Prosta,to 31)0 Pregnanej?' - Childbirth - Abortion 31 ® C onge:al tal malformat ions 32« Other defined and ill-defined diseases 33« Motor vehicle accidents 34o All other accidents 35° .Suicide 36. Eomlcide and operations of war 10 1 6 3,4 22 1 20 31 8 21 9 6 6 14 1 3 1 4 R .y ;) 11 A 7 1 TOTAL 391 Dea/uh Rate 11®2 per 1;,000 Heme Populatioiio Deaths from disea.sec a.tfl accidents - of Preg:aancy and childbirth’ From Sepsis From other causes Deat-hs from Measles (all ages) Dea/Ghs from MhoopAeg Gough (all ages Deati'.s frem Diarrhoea (under^ 2 years of age) Deat.hs from Cancer (a-H ages) Deaths from Diseases of the Circulatory System including heart disease (all ages) After application of the conparabilitjr factor 89 2 1 4 8 J, 4 34 V t 9 5 3 4 16 2 1 1 181 3 30 97 BIRTH DATE for conpa,rison with other area.s lYol per lc.000 home population DEATH RA.TE for comparison with other anea.s 12o7 ” There ns an in.crease of 34 Int the number of deaths during 1951 as compared with 1950^ the death rate being increased from IloO per 1,000 of the population in 1950 to 12*8 per 1,000 in 1951* The chief cause of the increase in the number of deaths was due to the incidence of influenza, phoumonia and bronchitis (Uos. 22, 23 and 24 Causes of Death) increa^sed from 23 in 1950 to 45 1^ 1951* accounted for 22 of the increased number of deaths, although deaths from cancer of the lungs increased from 4 1950 to 14 in 1951*