[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • North Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Distribution by age group and sex of the deaths classified to “ coronary disease, angina ” annually since 1957 is given below • • Under 45 45— 64 65- -74 75 + Year M F T M F T M F T M F T 1957 .. 14 4 18 159 49 208 157 110 267 124 133 257 1958 .. 16 2 18 174 49 223 175 120 295 144 139 283 1959 .. 11 1 12 165 45 210 175 109 284 162 125 287 1960 .. 15 3 18 191 64 255 173 111 284 152 144 296 1961 .. 16 5 21 175 58 233 187 138 325 169 174 343 1962 .. 14 3 17 183 56 239 195 124 319 200 170 370 1963 .. 17 1 18 215 50 265 201 143 344 182 176 358 The following Table shows the Infant mortality rates for the last ten years :— Urban Rural Administrative England Year Districts Districts County & Wales 1954 32-5 20-9 27-6 25-5 1955 28-0 27-4 27-7 24-9 1956 29-7 20-2 25-6 23-8 1957 28-5 24-0 26-6 23-0 1958 28-7 18-0 241 22-5 1959 27-9 20-3 24-6 22-0 1960 22-2 21-7 22-0 21 n 1961 19 7 22-5 20-9 214 1962 22-7 15-6 19-5 21 6 1963 23*8 19-3 21 -8 20-9 The main causes of deaths among children under one year of age were as follows :— 1963 Congenital malformations .. 31 Pneumonia .. . . 29 Prematurity . . . . 65 Measles. During 1963 there were 2,934 notified cases of measles : this figure excludes all known cases of Rubella. No deaths were ascribed to this disease : for the last ten years the total number of measles deaths is seventeen. Obviously the treatment of the com¬ plications of measles is now more effective than it was in the years before 1939 for there were 72 deaths from measles in 1934 alone and 18 deaths in 1936. Whooping Cough. The total number of notified whooping cough cases in the Riding was 290 compared with 35 for 1962 : no death was registered as being due to this condition. The total morbidity following whooping cough is not known, but one occasionally comes across evidence of brain haemorrhage which seems to follow attacks of pertussis. This serious complication should stimulate parents to accept protection against this unpleasant disease. Infantile Paralysis. Two notifications of acute poliomyelitis (paralytic and non-paralytic) were received during the year under review, with no deaths, as compared with six notifications and no deaths in 1962. The responsibility for the treatment of paralytic conditions following this type of virus infection lies with the Regional Hospital Boards, but notification secures active enquiries into the sanitary conditions, and enables one to promote immunisation campaigns.