[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, East Suffolk County Council.

  • East Suffolk (England). County Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, East Suffolk County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following figures relate to the number of new cases seen for the first time at the Clinics:— 1938. 1939. 1940. Syphilis ... 64 43 68 (24) Soft Chancre 1 - (-) Gonorrhoea 77 55 56 (31) Total 141 99 124 (55) XII. CANCER DEATH RATE. TABLE XV. Nc ). of Deal] IS. Death Rate per 1,000 Popu] ation. Year. Males. Females. Total. Urban. Rural. Adminis- trative County. England and Wales. 1938 192 208 400 2.07 1.84 1.94 1939 202 215 417 2.03 1.95 1.98 — 1940 198 168 366 2.08 1.66 1.83 — There is a welcome fall in the number of deaths from Cancer; this is caused by a remarkable decrease in female deaths. The number of male deaths has always been below the female, with the exception of 1931, and then the difference was slight; the number of male deaths has been gradually creeping up to the female deaths and this year is 30 in excess. The tendency is for male deaths to rise quickly and for female deaths to rise slowly, but it is necessary to go back to 1928 to find fewer female deaths from Cancer. XIII. MENTAL DEFICIENCY ACTS, 1913 to 1938. TABLE XVI. Mental Defectives in East Suffolk: Number on books:— 1939. 1940. Males ... ... ... 647 660 Females ... ... ... 686 680 1,333 1,340 Total