[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Castleford U.D.C.

  • Castleford (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Castleford U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The comparability factor, supplied by the Registrar General, for adjusting the local death rate, gives an adjusted rate of 14.94 in 1937, compared with 17.15 in 1936. The general statistics on page 3 shew that the population according to the estimate of the Registrar General up to mid-year 1937, has been reduced during the year from 20,320 to 19,810, and our death rates are given on the basis of this reduced ])opulation. It will be seen that both the general death rate and the infantile death rate are lower than the rates of the previous year. As I have remarked in previous reports, the vital statistics of a comparatively small population are greatly affected by even small fluctuations from year to year. General death rates are calculated per 1,000 of the popu- lation, and a decrease of 45 deaths on the figures of the previous year lowers our crude general death rate from 14.66 to 12.77. * Infantile death rates are, on the other hand, calculated per 1,000 births, and a decrease last year of seven deaths lowered our infantile death rate from 75.30 to 54.7. In considering any increase or decrease in death rates or birth rates, the facts above mentioned should be borne in mind. It may be noted that the general death rate for England and Wales in 1937 shewed a slight increase over 1936, while the infantile death rate shewed a slight decrease. With reference to deaths from Tuberculosis, we had 15 deaths from tubercular diseases, as compared with 12 deaths under this heading in the previous year. There was a slight increase in the number of deaths from Cancer, viz: 33, as compared with 29 in 1936. The deaths of infants under one year of age were:— Legitimate 16; Illegitimate 2. Total 18.