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[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Northampton County Borough.

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Publication/creation
1960
Contributors
Northampton (England). County Borough Council.
Type/technique
Electronic books
Annual reports
MOH reports
Subjects
Disease Outbreaks
Public Health
Sanitation
Water Supply
Northampton (England)
Attribution and usage
Wellcome Collection
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CAUSES OF DEATH The following table shews the principal causes of death amongst children of school age (five to fifteen years) for the fifteen-year period ended December, I960:—- Cause 1946- 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Total Deaths Per¬ cent¬ age of Total Tuberculosis . 9 — — — — — 9* 100 Acute Poliomyelitis Malignant and Lym- 2 — — —— — ——— 2 2-2 phatic Neoplasms Leukaemia, Aleuk- 8 — — — ■ 8 8-9 aemia .. 1 1 1 — 2 — 5 5-6 Heart Disease . 1 — — — — — 1 M Influenza ................ Pneumonia, Bronchit¬ is, and Other Diseases 2 1 3 3-3 of Respiratory System Nephritis and Neph- 6 — — — — 1 7 7-8 rosis ... Congenital Malform- 2 — — 1 3 3-3 ations ............... Motor Vehicle — — 2 — 1 — 3 3-3 Accidents .. 8 — — — — — 8 8-9 All Other Accidents 11 1 1 2 3 — 16 17-8 Other Conditions ... 19 2 1 1 1 1 251 27-8 Totals ......... 69 4 5 5 5 2 90+ 1000 * 1 respiratory tuberculosis, 8 non-respiratory tuberculosis, t No deaths from, diphtheria, measles and whooping cough in last fifteen years. | 0*5 per cent, of the 19,168 deaths at all ages during the fifteen years. SCHOOL CLINIC ATTENDANCES Schools Children Attendances Treatment Inspection Totals Maintained Primary and Secondary .... 2,301 2,450 887 3,337 Special ...... 49 70 14 84 Nursery ..................... 217 96 210 306 Non-maintained ............ 13 6 2 8 Pre-school .................. 20 20 — 20