[Report 1928 / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council.

  • Fife (Scotland). County Council
Date:
1928
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Credit: [Report 1928 / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    especially expectant and nursing mothers as the result and aftermath of the mining-trade crisis of 1926. The following table sets forth the infantile mortality rates for the four Districts and Fife County for the last sixteen years Year Cupar District Dunfermline District Kirkcaldy District St Andrews District Fife County 1913 60 81 98 89 87 1914 49 113 108 74 101 1915 71 111 128 105 114 1916 54 76 , 100 63 81 1917 60 99 102 63 94 1918 83 103 98 85 97 1919 67 90 91 65 86 1920 78 84 89 32 81 1921 74 88 85 48 82 1922 85 101 104 77 99 1923 77 80 77 64 78 1924 72 101 83 47 84 1925 63 84 80 52 76 1926 71 60 84 47 72 1927 64 99 81 98 86 1928 88 80 93 31 81 PRINCIPAL EPIDEMIC DISEASES. These include enteric (or typhoid fever), measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough, diphtheria and diarrhoea and enteritis (under two years) and the number of deaths caused by them during 1928 is shown in the following table :— Principal Epidemic Diseases, Deaths and Rates, 1928. Disease Cupar Dun- ferm- Ivirk- cald\' Dist. St An- drews Dist. Fife County Dist. line j Dist. Num- ber Rate per 1000 Typhoid Fever - - 1 Measles - - - . 9 7 1 17 0.15 Scarlet Fever i 3 1 5 0.04 Whooping Cough 1 6 11 18 0.16 Diphtheria - Diarrhoea and Enteritis j 1 ! 3 8 3 15 0.13 (under 2 years) 2 3 14 19 0.17 Total - 4 22 43 5 74 0767 Rate per 1000 0.27 1 0.60 i 0.96 0.34 0.67
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