[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.

  • Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Of the 164 deaths from respiratory tuberculosis during 1929, 149 occurred in individuals between 15 and 65 years old—that is, of a svage-eaming age. This subject is further dealt with in the “ Tuberculosis ” section of this report. Deaths from epidemic diseases.—The seven “ principal epidemic- diseases ” caused 104 deaths, as follows:— Diarrhoea and enteritis (under 2 years) 34 Whooping cough 24 Measles 36 Scarlet fever 4 Diphtheria (including membranous croup) 3 “Fever” (enteric, typhus, and simple continued fever) 3 Smallpox 0 This corresponds to a death-rate from all these diseases of 0.66 per 1,000 of the population. Deaths from other notifiable infectious diseases—Pneumonia caused, in its various forms, 308 deaths; puerperal fever caused 2; encephalitis lethargica caused 9; erysipelas caused 6; acute polioencephalitis caused 1. Deaths from cancer.—The following table shows the cancer death- rate in Birkenhead as compared with the country generally:— BIRKENHEAD ENGLAND and WALES Year Population Number of deaths from cancer in Birkenhead Rate per 100,000 population Rate per 100,000 population 1901 111,377 91 81 1 1 1902 113,231 115,117 66 58 1903 78 68 1 [ 87 1904 117,034 83 70 1 1905 118,982 94 79 J 1 1906 120,964 101 83 1 1907 122,978 90 73 1908 125.026 101 80 \ ^ 94 1909 127,108 91 71 1 1910 129,227 115 89 J 1 1911 131,377 114 86 i 1912 135,521 126 92 1913 135,740 107 70 \ y 105 1914 137,906 114 82 1 1915 140,291 121 85 J 1 1916 142,622 140 98 1 1917 144,993 144 99 1 1918 147,403 154 104 > 118 19:9 149,853 181 121 1 1920 152,345 186 122 J 1 1921 147,800 186 125 121 1922 149,200 172 115 123 1923 151,400 179 118 127 1924 154,100 179 116 130 1925 ]:.5,500 199 129 133 1926 158.000 204 129 136 1927 158,.500 206 130 137 1928 159,200 229 145 142 1929 157,600 214 136 143