[Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow
Date:
1907
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    It will bo observed from tlic Table that the population, as estimated by the Medical Officer of Health, is less than that of the Registrar-General by about 40,000. When the deaths, after correction for institutions, are applied to this lower estimate, the resulting rate is one per thousand higher than that of the Registrar-General, viz., 18'4 per thousand instead of 1T'4. It is unneces- sary to return to the arguments formerly advanced regarding the advantage of quinquennial enumerations, but it may be well to repeat the remark con- tained in last year’s Report that all subsequent rates should be used with a certain degree of reserve until the next census reveals the actual number of the population. TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL. In the past year, according to Professor Becker, the days on which rain fell numbered 214, and the amount collected was equal to 4274 inches, or 8‘69 in excess of the average of 39 years. There were 221 days on which the sun shone, and snow fell on 17 days. The mean temperature exceeded the average of 39 years in January and March, and in September, October, November, and December. The following Table, compiled from the information supplied by Professor Becker, shows the mean temperature and rainfall for each month, with the plus or minus difference compared with the average of 39 years:— TABLE A. ABSTRACT of Meteorological Observations taken at Glasgow Observatory during 1907. Months. TEMPERATURE Rainfall. Highest Temperature in Shade. Lowest Temperature in Shade. Mean Temperature for Month. Departure rom Average of 39 Years. No. of Days it fell. Amount Collected, in inches. Departure from average of 39 Years. January, 49°-5 21°-2 39°-6 + ro 21 2-14 - 1-58 February, 49°-2 210,4 37°-6 -r-3 14 2-61 -0-39 March, 61°-3 28° -8 42°-5 + 2°-3 18 3-98 + 1-43 April, 62°-3 3U-8 44°-5 — 0°-l 14 172 -0-28 May, 6S°7 36°-6 47“-9 - l°-5 20 3-99 + 1-50 June, ... 70°-6 41°-2 51°-2 — 4°-0 23 4-15 + 1-50 July, 82°-3 42°-9 56°T —1°-4 13 2-96 -044 August, 66°T CO 54°-2 -2°-5 23 5-28 + 1-37 September, 7U-2 37°7 54°7 + 1°T 6 1-40 + 2-17 October, 59°-2 33°-4 48°-l + l°-3 22 G-80 + 3-08 November, 56°-0 26°-4 42°-8 + 0°-6 17 2-23 - 1-46 December, 49°-8 2G°-0 39°7 + 0°-9 23 5-48 + 1 -49 Total, 214 4274 + 8 69 POPULATION. The Registrar-General’s estimate of the population of Glasgow at the middle of 1907 was 847,584, or an increase of 11,959 on his estimate for 1900. This estimate, as lias formerly been explained, is based on the rate of increase which obtained during the inter-censal period 1891-1901, and exceeds by 40,783 that obtained by the Medical Officer of Health on the basis of the inhabited houses for the year under review.
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