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TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COUNCILLORS,
BOROUGH OF WANSTEAD AND WOODFORD.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Annual Report on the Health
Services in the Borough for the year 1957. As previously, a section
of the report is devoted to those personal health services under the
National Health Service Act which are administered by the Essex
County Council. A brief outline of the School Health Service is given.
Vital Statistics
There was an increase by 40 in the number of births recorded,
notifications rising from 677 in 1956 to 713. The Birth Rate per 1,000
population was 11.69, that for the country as a whole being 16.10.
Still-births numbered 17 (10 in 1956).
The number of deaths fell by 65 to a total of 660, making the Death
Rate per 1,000 population 10.8, that for the country as a whole being
11.5.
The Infantile Mortality Rate, i.e., the deaths of infants under one
year of age per 1,000 live births was 26.6, this figure being identical
with that of the previous year and contrasting with a figure of 23.1
for the country as a whole. Most of these deaths were due to prematurity
or congenital defect.
Causes of Death
As is usual, the commonest causes of death were diseases of the
heart and arteries and cancer. Deaths from cancer were 119, 26 fewer
than during the previous year.
Infectious Disease.
Incidence of infectious disease remained low. There were 5 cases
of poliomyelitis; 3 of the non-paralytic type, 2 paralytic cases being
notified in children aged 13 years and 18 months. At the time of
writing 4 have made a complete recovery and the infant child is
responding to remedial treatment.
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