[Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow
Date:
1932
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Credit: [Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Wards which show an excess of deaths over births are as follows : — Ward. Death Rate per Million. Birth Rate per Milliou. Excess of Death-rate over Birth-rate. Park, ... 15,779 8,892 6,887 Kelvinside, ... 12,376 7,023 5,353 Langside, ... ... 13,316 8,532 4,784 Pollokshields, ... 12,981 8,701 4,280 Camphill, ... ... 13,328 10,517 2,811 The highest ward birth-rates were 29'3 in Mile-end, 29-0 in Cowcaddens, 28-U in Dalmarnock, and 27-2 in Hutchesontown; the lowest rate was 7-0 in Kelvinside, followed by 8’5 in Langside and 8-7 in Pollokshields. These and other municipal rates are given in Appendix Table Y, which contains also the rates for the preceding year. The following information from the Registrar-General's returns shows the birth-rates for Glasgow and Scotland since 1871: — Glasgow. Scotland. Glasgow. Scotland 1871-1880, ... 36-6 34-9 1924, ... ... 241 21-9 1881-1890, ... 36-5 32-4 1925, ... ... 24-6 21-3 1891-1900, ... 33-7 30-3 1926, ... ... 23-5 20-9 1901-1910, ... 31-2 28-4 1927, ... ... 22-4 19-8 1911-1920, ... 25-7 24-2 1928, ... ... 22-3 19-8 1921, ... ... 28-7 25-2 1929, ... ... 21-2 19-0 1922, ... ... 27-3 23-5 1930, ... ... 21-6 19-3 1923, ... ... 25-6 22-8 1931, ... ... 20-9 190 1932, ... ... 20-6 18 6 On the basis of local returns, the following comparison is made of the rates for several years in Glasgow and other towns: — 1930. 1931. 1932. Glasgow, 21-4 211 20-8 Edinburgh, 16-7 16-2 15-6 Dundee,... 211 19-5 18-5 Aberdeen, 19-7 19-2 18-7 London,... 158 15‘0 14-3 Liverpool, 221 21-7 210 Manchester, 16-6 160 15-4 Birmingham, ... 17-7 16-9 16-3 ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS. During the year there were 1,330 births registered as illegi- timate, compared with 1,422 during the preceding year. Those are equal to 5-9 per cent, and 6-2 per cent, respectively of the total births. As is shown in Appendix Table V, most of the wards are around the average for the city, with the exception of Exchange with 15-7, Park with 14-5, and Blythswood with 10-0, in each of which are situated various institutions which admit and keep under supervision unmarried mothers.
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