[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Lanark County Council.

  • Lanarkshire (Scotland). County Council
Date:
1930
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Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Lanark County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths in relation to age and cause. Table C shows the deaths classified according to age and cause. The deaths are arranged here in recognised age periods, and the percentage proportion of deaths at each age period is given :— Infant period, - Under 1 year, 49 deaths or 10-l°/o Under school age, 1-5 years, ... 17 55 3-5 •/! School age, - 5-15 years, - 15 55 3-17. Adolescent, - - 15-25 „ 19 55 3-9°/o Early mature period. - 25-45 „ 58 55 11-97; Late „ ., - 45-65 „ 107 55 2,2-0°/o Post „ „ 65 years and upwards, - 221 55 45-57] Infectious Diseases.—The number of deaths due to infectious diseases which are compulsorily notifiable was 67, a decrease of 7 from the previous year. This figure is made up as follows:— Scarlet fever, 1 ; diphtheria, 3; erysipelas, 1; tuberculosis, 27 (pulmonary, 19; abdominal, 4; meningeal, 1; other forms, 3); pneumonia (all forms), 34; typhoid fever. 1, The deaths due to infectious disease not compulsorily notifiable numbered 7, as compared with 18 during the previous year, and were as follows :—Measles, 2; whooping-cough, 3; diarrhoea (under 2 years), 2. Respiratory Diseases.—The deaths during the year (including pulmonary tuberculosis) numbered 93, being a decrease of 22 as compared with the figure of the previous year. These deaths are made up as follows:—Pneumonia (all forms), 34; bronchitis, 23; influenza, 6; pulmonary tuberculosis, 19; other respiratory diseases, 11. In comparison with last year’s figures a marked decrease in the deaths from influenza is noted. The following statement shows the deaths from respiratory diseases according to months :— Jan. Feb. Pneumonia, - 6 4 Bronchitis, - — 7 Influenza, - ■ — 2 Pulmonary Tuber- culosis, - - — 3 Other Respiratory Diseases, - - 2 2 8 18 Mar. Apr. May June July 7 4 6 1 1 2 2 13 1 1 — — — 1 111—5 11—1 — 12 8 8 5 8 Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total — 1 1 2 1 34 1 1 3 2 — 23 — — — 1 1 6 2 1 1 2 2 19 1 2—1—11 4 5 5 8 4 93 The age periods of these deaths are to be found in Table C.