[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds City Council
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bronchitis.—There were 559 deaths from bronchitis during the year as compared with 343 for the previous year and an average of 458 for the previous five years. The death-rate was 1-17 as against 072 for 1928 and an average of 0-97 for the previous quinquennium. Of the 559 deaths, 380 or 68-o per cent, occurred in the first quarter of the year and may therefore be accepted as being associated with the general increase in the incidence of respiratory infection which took place in that quarter. Most of the deaths, to be accurate 364, or 65-1 per cent., occurred in the age group 65 and upwards, or in other words the disease affected old people rather than children or those in middle life. Bronchitis. Year. Deaths. Death-Rate. LEEDS. Death-Rate England and Wales. 1919 741 1-72 1-24 1920 625 1-39 I-OI 1921 556 119 0-89 1922 596 1-28 1-07 1923 110 0-85 i 1924 643 1-36 0'97 1925 513 108 0-91 1926 439 0-93 077 1927 35i 0-73 0-84 1928 343 0-72 o-59 1929 559 117 Ages at Death from Bronchitis. 1929 9-1 1-2 2~5 5-^5 15-25 25-45 45-65 65+ Total No. of