[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Arundel Borough.

  • Arundel (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Arundel Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Compared with the previous year there has been a decrease in deaths due to diseases of the heart and circulatory system, with a decrease of two in deaths due to Cancer. The deaths due to respiratory diseases, excluding Pulmonary Tuberculosis, have decreased from 5 for the year 1941, to 1 for tho year under review. As in the previous year, there were no deaths directly due to pregnancy or child bearing. The INFANTILE MORTALITY RATS is 26 per 1,000 live births, as compared with a rate of 111 1'or the previous year, 49 for England and Wales and 40 and 42 for the Urban and Rural Districts of West Sussex. Comparative Statistics, 1942 Englan d arid West Sussex Arundel Wales Urban Rural Birth Rate • • • 15.8 15.70 16.76 16.62 Death Rate ... ... • • t 11.6 16.50 12.76 13.56 Infantile Death Rate • • • 49 40 42 26 Section II GENERAL PROVISION'S OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA. Staff Particulars of the staff of the department are given at the beginning of tho Report. Laboratory Facilities Arrangements for the laboratory work of the Borough are made under the Emergency Public Health Laboratory Scheme and the work is carried out at tho Emergency Public Health Laboratory at Christ»s Hospital, Horsham and at the Affiliated Laboratories of the West Sussex County Council and Royal West Sussex Hospital. Details of specimens examined during, the year are given below. >1 Emergency Public Health Laboratory Horsham West Sussex County Council Laboratory Royal West Sussex Hospital Laboratory Number examinee Number positive Number examined Number positiv e Number examined Number pos. Nose and throat swabs for diphtheria O - | 3 1 Nose and throat swabs for other conditions • , ■ - 2 Water examinations 1 ' - 24 i .. - _ :