[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Banbury Borough.

  • Banbury (Oxfordshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1966
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Credit: [Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Banbury Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To the Worshipful the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the I Borough of Banbury. MR. MAYOR, LADIES AND GENTLMEN, I beg to submit my report on the Health of the Borough during 1966. births and deaths To arrive at the corrected figures, am area comparability factor is given by the Registrar General as an endeavour to relate the population distribution in the area to the average population for England and Wales. For the Borough this factor is mow 0, in other words, it is considered that the population distribution in terms of age and sex approximates to the average for the whole country. The birth rate for I966 was lower than that for 19^5 (the total numbers of births also being lower) but was still well above the national average. The death rate for infants was much hi^er than the preceding year and well above the national average but the still birth rate was low. The perinatal mortality rate, however, (em indication of total infant loss) was only slightly higher than the national average. These figures are small in number and a small variation can show as a marked increase in rate. The causes of infant deaths are given below, the hazards of births= most of them being associated with Prematurity - 6 (associated with (a)Toxaemia in the mother (b) Breech delivery (c) RH Incompatability (d) Intra<= cranial haemorrhage (e) Failure of lung to expand.) Congenital Defects - 2 Bronchopneumonia =■ 2 Atelectasis » 3 Respiratory Obstruction es> 2 (due to (a) vomit (b) pillow) The figures also show the much less chance of survival the illegitimate infant has when compared with the legitimate infant. The general death rate was well below the national average and the main causes are given below Cerebral Vascular Disease = 26 Coronary Disease “ 73 Cancer (All types) - 45 Lung Cancer - 14 Breast Cancer= 6 Stomach Cancer 4 Pneumonia 26 Other Heart Diseases - 22