[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham Borough.

  • Chippenham (Wiltshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Chippenham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Uo INPAI'TT MORTALITY Males Females Total Under 1 year of age 1 23 Under 4 weeks of age 1 12 Under 1 week of age - - - Infant Mortality Rate for the District •• 10 (per 1000 live births) Comparative Rate for England & Wales 18.3 (per 1000 live births) There was a decrease in the Infant Mortality Rate for the Borough during 1967> by comparison with the previous year when the rate was 18,1 per 1000 live births. It should be borne in mind that the numbers involved from year to year are small, thus no conclusion can be drawn from such fluctuations. 5. DEATHS - ANALYSIS OF CAUSES OF DEATH. Males: Females; Totals; Malignant neoplasm, stomach 2 2 4 Malignant neoplasm, lung,bronchus 6 - 6 Malignant neoplasm, breast Other malignant and lymphatic 5 5 neoplasms 11 10 21 Leukaemia, aleukaemia - 1 1 Diabetes Vascular lesions of nervous 1 2 3 system 11 28 39 Coronary disease, angina 33 20 53 Other heart disease 17 29 46 Other circulatory disease 4 1 5 Pneumonia 4 2 6 Bronchitis Other diseases of respiratory 5 2 7 system 1 - 1 Congenital malformations Other defined and ill-defined •• 2 2 diseases 8 10 18 Motor vehicle accidents - 1 1 All other accidents 1 3 4 Suicide 1 - 1 TOTALS: 105 1L8 225 Deaths due to Cancer, Coronary Disease and Heart Disease collectively, accounted for more than half the total deaths in the Borough during 1967. There was a decrease of deaths due to Cancer: 37 deaths from this disease during 1967; 46 deaths during 1966,