[Report 1945-1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Devizes Borough.

  • Devizes (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1945-1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Devizes Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CAUSES OF DEATH. 1945 1946 1945 1946 M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. 1. Typhoid and Para- 20. Other Diseases of Cir- Typhoid Fevers — — — — — — culatory System 2 3 5 1 4 2. Cerebro-Spinal Fever,. 21. Bronchitis 1 2 3 — — — 3. Scarlet Fever 22. Pneumonia 1 1 2 1 5 6 4. Whooping Cough — — — 1 1 23. Other Respiritory Dis- 5. Diphtheria eases ,. — 1 1 — 1 1 6. T.B, ol Respiratory. , 24. Ulcer of Stomach or Organs — 1 1 2 1 3 Duodenum 1 1 2 1 — 1 7. Other Forms of T.B. — — — — — — 25. Diarrhoea under two 8. Syphilitic Diseases years . . 2 1 3 2 — •T 9. Influenza — — — 2 2 4 26. Appendicitis ., 1 — 1 ■— — -— 10. Measles.. — — — — — — 27. Other Digestive Dis- 11. Acc. Polio Myletis & eases . . — 2 2 1 1 2 Polio-Encephalitis — — — —■ — — 28. Nephritis 1 1 2 — — — 12. Acc. Encephalitis — ■— — — — — 29. Puer. and post abor- 13. Cancer of Buc. cav. & tion sepsis — — — — — — Oesoph (M) & Uterus 30. Other Maternal causes — -— — — 1 1 T). .. — — — — 1 1 31. Premature Birth — 1 1 1 — 1 14. Cancer of Stomach & 32. Con. Mah, Birth Inj., Duodenum . . 2 — 1 — — Dis. 2 — 1 3 1 4 15. Cancer of Breast — 2 2 — 2 2 33. Suicide ,, — — — 2 1 3 16. Cancer of all other sites 9 3 12 3 2 5 34. Road Traffic x\ccidents — — — — — — 17. Diabetes — 2 o — 1 1 35. Other Violent causes .. — 1 1 2 — 2 18. Intracranial Vascular 36. All other causes 3 6 9 1 4 5 Lesions 3 10 13 11 14 25 — 19. Heart Disease 10 14 24 11 19 30 Total for all causes 38 52 90 47 57 104 Above Table calls for no comment. The causes of death are such as to be expected in a rural area with ageing population. The numbers involved are far too small for yearly variations to be significant. GENERAL PROVISION FOR HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA. Medical Officer of HealthG. H. H. WAYLEN, M.B., D.P.H., (Cantab.) Sanitary Inspector: Mr. N. J. Arney left the Council’s service on the 30th April, 1945, and the Council were without a Sanitary Inspector until Mr. G. Price Lawrence returned'irom H.M. Forces on the 1st February, 1946, but Mr. Lawrence left again on the 28th February, 1946, and the 'Council were again without an officer. Ultimately the Council appointed Mr. J. 'h. M.' Tolliffe A.M.I.S.E., A.M.Inst.B.E., M.S.I.A., C.S.I.B., M.R.I.P.H.H., on the 15th September, 1946, he commencing his duties on the 1st November and was the Sanitary Inspector at the 31st December, 1946. Ambulance Service, Carried on by a Joint Ambulance Committee of Devizes Borough and Rural District. Nursing in the Home. The Devizes Nursing Society continued to provide a nurse whose work among the aged and infirm is most useful. Nearly 100 cases were treated annually and in 1946 the number of visits increased to well over 2,000. Clinics and Treatment Centres. Clinics for Orthopaedic, Tuberculosis and Venereal (Female) cases held at Devizes and District Hospital as before. An Opthalmic and Infant Welfare Clinic held elsewhere. All under the auspices of the Wiltshire County Council Health Department. Maternity Services.^ Of an average of 140 births during the last two years, less than half were attended in their Lomes by the County Midwifery Service and over one half confined in Hospitals and Nursing Homes. A private nursing home, “ Ivy House ”, with seven beds and a maximum yearly intake of 150 is the only Institution available in your area. Should it suddenly close down, as may well happen, .