[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Totnes Borough.

  • Totnes (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Totnes Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( V Tho Manor House, TotneSo 16th October, 1953-> Mr. Mayor, Alder.'.on and Councillors, I beg to subuit y Annual Report for theyear ended 31st December, 1952. GENERAL STATISTICS. Estimated Population (mid-year 1952)...........5?499 Number of inhabitated houses..................«1,769 VITAL STATISTICS. Male Female Total. Live Births............. 45 42 87 LOgltZLllcltG OOO6OO0OOOCO9O 44 41 Ille&ltlLiate oeoooocooooo 1 1 Still Births............ 4 4 England & Wales Birth rate per 1,000 population.... Male Deaths 3& Death rate per 1,000 population.... 15.8 15.3 Female Total 32 70 England £ Wales. 12.7 11.3 Deaths from maternal causes Nil Deaths of infants under 1 year 3 The causes of the deaths are as follox^ss- 'oooooooooooooooooooo Tuberculosis Malignant Neoplasms Cerebral Haemorrhage Heart and coronary disease.. Other circulatory disease.... PneUmOniaooooooo.oo.oeoo.ooo.eooooooo.ooeo Bronchitis, eoooooooooooooooooooo occoooooooooocccocoo 0 o e o o o 000000 ..2 .15 .11 .18 ..7 1 o©oo#«eceeoooo©*ooo®©cooooooooeoA* Gastritis oc enteritis ooooo.o.ooe.o.oooooool Other defined and ill-defined diseases...10 Accidents (not motor vehicle).............1 ouicides......o.o 00.«....o.o.o.o.oo.....o.2 The age group 65 and over accounted for 42 deaths out of the total of 70. INFECTIOUS 0: OTHER NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. The classification of the above is as followss- Tuberculosis...3 Measles... .30 Scarlet Fever... 4 Puerperal Pyrexia.......... 2 Pneumonia.................. 1 Malaria,... ML 41 (Pulmonaryooooe.o«...o2) (Non-pulnonary........ 1 (acute primary or influenzal) Total