[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Salisbury (New Sarum) City.

  • Salisbury (England). City Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Salisbury (New Sarum) City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MATERNAL MORTALITY IN ENGLAND AND WALES AU5 At 16 • A117 A118 A119 A120 International List No. and cause Sepsis of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium Abortion with toxaemia . . Other toxaemias of pregnancy and the puerperium Haemorrhage of pregnancy and childbirth Abortion without mention of sepsis or toxaemia Abortion with sepsis Other complications of pret nancy, childbirth and tf puerperium Number Rates per 1,000 Total Rates tier million rnnm/>n of Deaths (Live ami Still) Births aged 15-44 70 010 3 0-00 0 . 167 0-24 91 0-13 37 0-05 4 . 66 r_ 0-09 7 ie . 125 0-18 (Corrected). Causation. 'emales Causes of Death Males Females 194 19 Hypertension with heart disease 8 12 6 20 Other heart disease 22 23 — 21 Other circulatory disease 5 12 — 22 Influenza 2 5 — 23 Pneumonia 12 11 — 24 Bronchitis 5 2 25 Other diseases of respi¬ — ratory system 3 1 — 26 Ulcer of stomach and — duodenum 2 2 27 Gastritis enteritis and — diarrhoea 1 1 28 Nephritis and nephrosis 1 1 5 29 Hyperplasia of prostate 3 — 30 Pregnancy childbirth 3 abortion — — 31 Congenital malforma¬ 6 tions 2 — 4 32 Other defined and ill- defined diseases 13 15 18 33 Motor vehicle accidents 3 1 — 34 All other accidents 3 6 3 35 Suicide 5 3 36 Homicide and operations 38 of war — — 16 to deaths of residents in Salisbury and to those Causes of Death Males All Causes . . . . 196 1 Tuberculosis, respira¬ tory . . . . . . 7 2 Tuberculosis, other . . -—- 3 Syphilitic disease . . 1 — 4 Diphtheria . . . . — 5 Whooping Cough . . — 6 Meningococcal infec¬ tions . . . . . . — 7 Acute poliomyelitis . . — 8 Measles. . . . . . — 9 Other infective and para¬ sitic diseases. . . . -—- 10 Malignant neoplasm, stomach . . . . 5 11 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus . . 7 12 Malignant neoplasm, breast . . . . — 13 Malignant neoplasm, uterus— 14 Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms 18 15 Leukaemia aleukaemia — 16 Diabetes . . . . 1 17 Vascular lesions of ner¬ vous system . . 32 18 Coronary disease, angina 35 The above figures only ref who died outside Salisbury but whose named residence is in this area. There were 655 deaths registered as occurring in Salisbury, 458 of these deaths occurred in institutions and other places. There were 38 Inward Transfer deaths (i.e., those of residents of Salisbury who died outside the area), and 319 Outward Transfer deaths (t.e., those of non-residents who died in the City).