[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council.
- Denbighshire (Wales). County Council. no2004062613.
- Date:
- 1937
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![It will he lulled tliat the birlh-rale is consistently hi.yher in the Rural Areas, and lower in the Urban Areas tlian that for England and Wales. This is mainly due to the tact that the Wrexham Rural District area with a ])opulation of 64.737 shows a birth-rate above the average for the whole C'ounty. deaths. The number of deaths registered in the County during the year was 2,177 and of these 1,143 were males and 1,034 females. 'I'his gives a death-rate (tf 13'8 jjer 1,000 of the esti- mated populatit,)!! as com])ared with l.v4 in 1936. During 1937 the death-rate for England and Wales was 12-4. The following Sanitary Districts show a death-rate above that of the County, which was 13-8:— Llangollen Urban 16v Llanrwst Urban ISA Hiraethog Rural 15 0 .Abergele Urban 14-8 Ruthin Rural 14-4 Wre.xham Borough 140 The following Sanitary Districts show a death-rate below that (jf the County':— Colwyn Bay Borough 1.V7 Ruthin Borough LrS A led Rural 130 Ceiriog Rural 12'8 I)enl)igh Borough 11-9 WTexham Rural showed a death-rate the same as that of the County, viz., 13-8. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Deaths from Infectious Diseases. 1937 19'36 Typlujid and Paratyphoid — ... — A'leasles 1 ... 15 Scarlet Fever 1 ... 4 Whooping Cough 6 ... 8 Diphtheria 46 ... 27 Encephalitis Lethargica 4 ... 2 Cercbro-S]Mnal h'ever 1 ... 2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28840720_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
