[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Jarrow Borough.

  • Jarrow (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Jarrow Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I I K-M, I II I )i:i’ \K I MKN I , lOwV 11 Ml., J.AKKOW, ( '(). 1 )rK II \ M, To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough ol Jarrow. I..\l)li;.s .\NI> ( it:\I'LliME.N, I h;i\( ihc lnnmur !(> Mihmll llic 7(Slh .\nniial Kcpoil ol llu- llcaith 1 )i'|)annu’iil on the iicallh and sanilar\' conditions ol llic l-lorou^ii ol Jarrou lor lln' \ car 1950. riic lollowiii”' arc the main Icaturcs ol the vital statistics lor tin; lh)roni.;h diirinc- 1950. Ihc estimated |)o|ndation ol 28,450 lurnished hv Ihc l\c^islrar (icncra!, showed a decrease ol SO on tlie 1949 estimate; the nattiral increase (e\i'ess ol Ivirthsovcr deaths) was 222. I'he live birth r.ite was 20.91 per 1,000 population ;md the r;0e lor still births was 0.04 jier 1,000. I he (K'ath rate lor 1950 was 18.11 per 1,000 popul.ition and show a decrease on the 1949 hi^iire which w.is 14.2(Sper 1,000, I he de.alh rate Irom tuberculosis was 0.77 pi r 1,000 in 1950, a decrease on the 1949 lie'ure whiidi was 1.29. I'he pneumonia de.ith rate was 0.74 in 1950 compared with 0.81 in 1949. There were no deaths Irom scarlet lever, diphtheria, measles or w hoojiin^' coui^h, during the vear. There were no deaths Irom m.aternal causes. The inl.antile mortalitv r.ate wai'- 48.70 ]i< r 1,000 live births m 1950 compareil with 02.82 in 1949. The neo-natal death rale (under one month ol at^'e) was 20.89 per 1,000 live births. .Still births expressed as a r:ite per 1,000 total births ^ave a tie'ure ol 18.15 |)er 1,000. This shows a substantial decri-.ise on the 1949 Tii^ure which was 28.05. The total number r>f nnrific.'ilions of inlectimis diseases received in 1950 V. .1^ 57.5, .1 decre.isf ol 808 on the previous vear. Measles accounted lor 818 not ilic;ii ions in 1950 ,as comivared with 297 m 1949. W hoopiu'..; ( ou^^h notifications totalled 57 in 1950 as ar;ainsl 878 in 1949, showini^ a marked decre.ase ol 810 not ilic;ii ions. Thei'c vvei'c 79 not illcal ions ol pneumonia during' 1950 a decrease ol 25 on the previous vear. The ineidi tier of pneumonia was 2.48 per 1,000 populaiion compared with 8.05 in 1949.
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