[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough.

  • West Bromwich (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1972
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Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Certain Causes of Death It is obvious that cancer of the lung, cancer of the breast, cancer of the stomach, coronary thrombosis and bronchitis between them are responsible for many of the deaths. The latest provisional figures for England and Wales and for West Bromwich, given as rates per thousand population, are as follows : — ► 0 England & Wales West Bromwich Cancer of the Lung 0.64 0.76 Cancer of the Breast 0.22 0.25 Cancer of the Stomach 0.25 0.24 Coronary Disease 3.3 2.66 Bronchitis 0.58 0.84 Attention is drawn to the high death rate from Bronchitis in comparison with the National figures. In comparing these rates, attention should be drawn to the size of England and Wales, compared with the County Borough of West Bromwich and to the difference that the operation of chance can make. Infant Mortality A total of 55 infants whose parents were normally resident in the Borough died during the year. This gives an infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births of 22.0. The equivalent rate for England and Wales is 18.00. Two illegitimate babies died. Of the total of 55 deaths 13 occurred in babies of Asiatic, African or West Indian parents. The following table shows the infant deaths in age groups over the period of the last ten years: —