[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilkeston Borough.

  • Ilkeston (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilkeston Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths. The number of deaths registered was 320, giving a crude death rate per thousand of the population of 9*25. When adjusted for sex and age distribution by the application of the comparability factor of 1-30, the rate is then 12-03 and can be compared with the England and Wales figure of 11-7. Reference to table 4, which gives details of death rates over the last 10 years, will show a slight decrease on the 1955 figure. Deaths from Individual Diseases. Table 5 gives details of the 320 deaths registered. It will be seen that, as in previous years, diseases of the heart and circulatory system were responsible for the largest number of deaths, namely, 77 males and 84 females. This total of 161 can be further analysed by breaking down into minor groups of distinct diseases and shows that 43 deaths were due to coronary disease, 51 to other heart diseases and 58 were due to vascular lesions of the nervous system. The remaining 9 deaths in this group were from various diseases of the circulatory system. Again cancer was responsible for the next largest group of deaths, this number being 67. The largest single group of deaths was from Cancer of the Lung and Bronchus, this causing the deaths of 14 males and 1 female. Reference to the Summary of Statistics will show that the death rate per 1,000 of the population from the various forms of cancer are as last year, comparable with the rates for the country as a whole. Deaths from Bronchitis and Pneumonia were slightly lower than last year, being 20 and 12 respectively. 24 of these deaths were in males. The majority of deaths from pneumonia occurred in persons over 65, whilst 2 were children under 2 years of age. Of the persons registered as dying from Bronchitis 10 were over 65. The number of deaths from Respiratory Tuberculosis has again fallen to a total in 1956 of 2, being 1 male and 1 female (see table 6). No deaths from Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis were registered. 8 males and 2 females died as a result of accidents. On analysis these deaths can be divided into 3 groups, namely :—Industrial accidents ; Motor vehicle accidents ; and accidents in the home (mostly involving elderly people). 4 died as a result of pit accidents and 3 in motor vehicle accidents. 2 persons over 80 years of age died following falls in the home. There were fewer suicides than there have been in recent years. The cause of death in 4 of the 5 cases registered was Coal Gas Poisoning. The age range of the 4 males and 1 female who died was 28 to 68.