[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire Council
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Birth-rates and Death-rates of each of the Sanitary Districts for the year 1937. Urban Districts and Municipal Boroughs. Births. Deaths. Rural Districts. Births. Deaths. No. Rate. No. Rate. No. Rate. No. Rate. Bishop’s Castle M.B. 16 12.2 19 14.5 Atcham 323 17.5 214 11.6 Bridgnorth 100 19.0 74 14.1 Bridgnorth 192 16.2 128 10.8 Church Stretton 32 14.4 38 17.1 Clun 147 14.8 143 14.4 Dawley 136 17.7 101 13.1 Drayton . . 128 15.5 132 16.0 Ellesmere . . 22 11.6 26 13.7 Ellesmere . . 100 14.3 72 10.3 Ludlow M.B. 75 13.0 84 14.7 Ludlow 195 14.2 174 12.7 Market Drayton . . 100 20.5 86 17.7 Oswestry . . 205 13.2 187 12.0 Newport 66 19 39 11.2 Shifnal 133 17.6 89 11.7 Oakengates. . 149 13.9 143 13.3 Wellington 265 16.0 249 15.6 Oswestry M.B. 149 15.2 156 15.9 Wem 136 13.9 123 12.6 Shrewsbury M.B. . . 587 15.4 490 12.8 Wellington 136 14.1 121 12.6 Wem . 36 16.3 45 20.4 Wenlock M.B. 250 18.3 199 14.5 Whitchurch . . . . 101 16.0 104 16.5 Total 1955 15.9 1725 14.0 Total 1824 15.5 1511 12.8 Whole County 3779 15.69 3236 13.44 Whole County 3779 15.69 3236 13.44 Births.—There were 3,779 births during 1937, an increase of 131 as compared with the previous year. This represents a birth-rate of 15.69 per thousand of the population, a rise of 0.61. The birth-rate for England and Wales in 1937 was 14.9 per thousand. Deaths.—The number of deaths in the county in 1937 was 3,236, a rise of 50 as compared with the preceding year. This gives a death-rate per thousand of the population of 13.44, or a rise of 0.27. The death-rate for England and Wales was 12.4 in 1937. Principal Causes of Death. 1926- -30 1931—35 1935 1936 1937 Heart Disease 559 (average) 688 (average) 721 856 794 Other Circulatory Diseases 131 >) 153 144 162 141 Cerebral Haemorrhage 226 y y 227 234 245 244 Congenital Debility . . 128 y y 127 115 97 125 Influenza 120 y y 109 71 73 178 Bronchitis 156 y y 122 94 no 98 Pneumonia 157 y y 147 135 141 144 „ , , . ( Pulmonary Tuberculosis j other forms 129 38 y y y y 129 32 124 27 95 23 97 39 Cancer, Malignant Disease . . 377 y y 411 420 410 446 Cancer.—From the above tabular statement it will be seen that the number of deaths from cancer during 1937 was 446, or 36 more than in the previous year. The death-rate for cancer for this county during 1937 was 1.852 per 1,000 of the ]>opulation, as compared with 1.695 for the preceding year.