[Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire Council
Date:
1924
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Credit: [Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In comparing these two periods it is interesting to notice that in the Urban Districts the reduction was 25.5 per cent, amongst females and only 13 per cent, amongst males. In Rural Districts the reduction was 22.g per cent, amongst females and 26 per cent, amongst males. It is difficult to say what the significance of these figures is. The influence of home conditions is greater amongst females, whereas the influence of occupational conditions is greater amongst males. The age period in which the greatest reduction has taken place, both in Urban and Rural Districts is that of 25—45. TABLE Vni. DEATHS FROM PHTHISIS. 1Q15—1Q24 Period. Rural Districts : 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 .Average number Deaths peryear. Average annual Death- Rate. Atcham 22 25 12 17 12 8 12 15 17 8 14.8 .72 Bridgnorth 4 5 6 3 4 5 3 7 8 3 4.8 .57 Burford 1 1 , , 1 3 1 , , , . .7 .52 Chirbury 5 5 , , 2 2 3 1 3 1 2.4 .80 Church Stretton 2 5 5 7 i 1 1 3 3 2 3.0 .65 Cleobury Mortimer 5 4 12 6 6 5 10 1 3 4 5.6 .81 Clun 4 7 6 8 3 3 3 3 2 2 4.1 66 Drayton 4 4 1 4 7 3 4 5 1 1 3.4 .49 Ellesmere .. 6 4 1 2 1 4 5 3 2 3 3.1 .41 Ludlow 7 7 11 3 8 2 6 6 4 2 5.6 .63 Newport 1 2 11 5 9 1 1 7 2 3 4.2 .74 Oswestry 9 12 16 14 9 8 4 12 12 9 10.5 .68 Shifnal 8 4 1 7 5 7 7 4 2 3 4.8 .53 Teme 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1.6 .96 Wellington 9 7 4 20 5 15 10 io 10 8 9.8 .86 Wem 8 4 3 7 3 3 3 6 1 3 4.1 .45 Whitchurch 2 1 1 1 1 .6 .28 Urban Districts : Bishop’s Castle 2 2 3 1 , , 2 . . . . 1.0 .77 Bridgnorth 3 6 6 7 3 4. 2 6 5 4 4.6 .90 Church Stretton 1 1 1 6 1 3 1 . . 1.4 .90 Dawley 5 5 8 4 5 4 3 . . 8 9 5.1 .69 Ellesmere .. 2 2 1 4 2 . , 1 1 1 . . 1.4 .85 Ludlow 8 5 12 12 13 5 2 7 2 6 7.2 1.27 Market Drayton .. 5 2 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 6 3.7 .78 Newport 2 5 1 3 2 1 3 1 2 1 2.1 .70 Oakengates.. 11 2 2 7 5 8 6 7 7 6 6.1 .51 Oswestry 16 15 15 12 9 8 6 10 12 7 11.0 LOS Shrewsbury 34 31 29 27 21 18 22 38 24 34 27.8 .89 Wellington 7 8 8 8 9 3 7 6 8 6 7.0 .89 Wem , . 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1.2 .58 Wenlock 12 15 13 17 10 12 12 9 9 10 11.9 .89 Whitchurch 8 6 6 7 3 5 5 2 2 • * 4.4 .76 The districts with high death rates are the Urban Districts of Ludlow and Oswestry and the Rural Districts of Teme, Wellington, Cleobury Mortimer, Chirbury, Newport and Atcham. The Rural District.s of the North and North-east of the County have had consistently low rates (Whitchurch, Wem, Drayton and Ellesmere).