[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Peterborough R.D.C.
- Peterborough (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1937
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Peterborough R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year. Live Births. Total Males Females Legitimate 109 57 52 Illegitimate 9 5 4 118 62 56 Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated resident po pulation is 18.7. Still Births. Total Males Females Legitimate 4 0 4 Illegitimate 1 0 1 5 0 5 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still l births is 40.3. Deaths. Total Males Females 66 28 38 Death Rate ] per 1,000 of the es ■timated resident population 10.5 Deaths from puerperal causes Nil. Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age All Infants per 1,000 live birth s 50.8 Legitimate Infants per 1,000 I .egitimatc 1 live births 50.8 Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 Illegitimate live births Nil. Deaths from Measles Nil. Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil. Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 1 No special causes of sickness or i invalidity, no conditions of occupation or environment prejudicial to health have occurred during the year. No instance of unemployment exercise an influence on health or physique has come to mv notice. Section B. General Provision of Health Services of the Area. 1. (a) Laboratory Facilities. The Council provides the cost of bacteriological swabs of nose and throat, together with the initial dose of anti- diphtheric serum. The work is carried out in the Labora¬ tories of the Peterborough Memorial Hospital and the Clinical Research Association, London. Much use has been made of the advantage of this scheme by the local medical practitioners since its introduction last year, with great beneficial effect. (b) Ambulance Facilities. Non Infectious remain the same. Infectious. The Council has an arrangement for the hire of the Peterborough Isolation Hospital ambulance for conveyance of infectious cases to the Isolation Blocks of Stamford Infirmary.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29988469_0004.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
