[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Aldershot Borough.

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

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    ■3- ANNUAL REPORT Mor the Year ended December 51st 1945. VITAL STATISTICS Estimated population for mid-year 1945 83,290 (Excluding Military personnel) The following are submitted by courtesy of the Local Food Executive Officer:- Total population of Aldershot as at December 1945 ,,25,881 Number of children in age-group 0-5 years,.., 2,386 Number of children in age-group 5 -18 years, 5,244 Number of available houses 5,777 Number of houses with shops...., 361 Number of Licensed Premises,.,, 79 Rateable value (December 1945) ,£,277,884 Acreage - Civil 1,432: South Camp - 2,746 Total.... 4,178 LIVE BIRTHS Male Female Total Legitimate 205 183 388 Illegitimate ..... 54 51 105 Total excluding South Camp) ..... 259 234 493 STILLBIRTHS Legitimate . 4 6 10 Illegitimate ...... 2 1 3 13 Bftth Rate per 1,000 of the population ........ ...... .. . *, (Comparability factor not available for 1945) DEATHS (Excluding South Camp) Male Female Total Deaths 142 155 297 Death Rate 12.5 Infantile Deaths.......... 24 Infantile Death Rate per 1 ,000 Live Births .< 48 Principal Causes of Death Heart Disease 81 Nephritis 7 Cancer 48 Road Accidents and Cerebral Lesions 29 other Violent Causes 6 Bronchitis 19 Suicide 1 Pneumonia 13 Syphilitic Diseases 1 Pulmonary Tuberculosis 10 Diabetes 2 Non Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1 Maternal Causes 4 Other Respiratory Diphtheria 3 Diseases 4 All other causes 26 Other Circulatory Diseases 7 Premature Births 5