[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C.

  • Liskeard (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Principal Causes of Death at all Ages Heart disease ... ... . do Vascular lesions of the nervous system (“ stroke”) 2d Cancer (all sites) ... ... ... ... 19 Respiratory disease ... ... ... ... 9 Circulatory disease ... ... 7 Accidents ... ... ... 4 Genitourinary disease ... 3 Tuberculosis ... ... ... ... 3 Average Age at Death 68 Females 7.3 There was no change in any of the above figures or rates during 1958 of sufficient magnitude to call for any special comment. Of the 165 persons who died during the year, 49% had reached the age of 75 years or over at the time of death. Infectious Disease. During 1958 the total number of cases of infectious disease notified was 50, the lowest annual total since 1952. The only diseases which contributed to this small total in any noticeable degree were whooping cough and measles. Of the more serious types of notifiable disease, there were two cases of poliomyelitis, one of which in a 34 year old female was unfortunatly fatal. There were also two cases of acute encephalitis (inflamation of the brain stem and spinal cord) following minor non-notifiable forms of infectious disease. Here again one of these cases had a fatal outcome the person affected being a nine year old boy who had chicken-pox. Fortunately this post-infectious encephalitis or encephalomyelitis which may follow attacks of less serious diseases such as measles, chickenpox or German measles is extremely rare. The following details are actual numbers and case rates of notifiable disease occuring during 1958 : Rates per 1,000 of population Disease Case !$ l.iskeard R.D, Health Area No. 7 Whooping cough .. 22 1.59 1.39 Measles 21 1.51 2.21 Pneumonia 2 0.14 0.72 Poliomyelitis 2 0.14 0.08 Encephalitis 2 0.14 0.04 Rate per 1000 live births Opthalmia neonatorum 1 5.18 1.49 Tuberculosis. During 1958 five new cases of tuberculosis, all respiratory infections were notified. One of these affected was a pre-school child, the re¬ maining four being young adults. There were three deaths from tuberculosis during the year.