[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire Council
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    U]) to KjiS there was practically no increase iji the percentage of illegitimate births, and there was a considerable decrease in the actual nnmber. In ipiS, 1919 and 1920, drere was a marked increase in both the nnmber and ]X‘rcentage. TABLE I. BIRTH-RATES AND, DILATH-RATES IN SANITARY DISTRICTS FOR 1920 I rban Districts. Birth-rates. Bisliop’s Castle Jiridgnorth Church Stretten Dawley Market Drayton IClk'smcre . I Aidlow N'ewport (takengates. (tswestry Shrewsbury Wellington W’eni Wenlock Whitchurch 23.3 25.2 23. () 2!). 4 2-t.S 20.7 28.<t 24.0 27.0 25.5 23.0 25.0 23.7 28.3 27.0 To t A I. 20.0 Death-rates Rural Districts. | !».3 .... .... 1 Atcham .. •• • 14.5 Bridgiiorth •• --I lU. 1 Burford . . • . ■ - i 1 1 .() Chirburv •• •• ••i 1 3. () Church Stretton . . . .1 14.5 Cleobury Mortimer . .j 14.3 Chin . . . . • • ■ •' 15.0 Drayton 10.4 I'dlesmere . . 11.0 Ludlow .. --j 12.0 N'ewport 11.0 C)swestr\- 13.0 Shifnal . . • • • •, 15.1 Teme 13.0 Wellington Wem . . ■ . • • ; Whitchurch 12.0 Total 1 Birth-rates. Death-rates. 23. 1 22.5 21.8 20.7 22.5 20.3 24. I 22.7 24.0 10.3 25.0 25.0 21.0 22.3 23.3 10.0 25.2 11.5 13.0 0.7 17.3 n .0 12.4 11.4 12.0 10. 1 0.4 13.1 13.0 11.7 8.4 13.3 0.4 11.0 23. 12.0 The striking feature of this table is the uniformly low death-rates. As m pre-war times, Wenlock Datvley, Oakengates and Cleobury Mortimer had the higliest birth-rates. Amongst these must now be included the Borough of Ludlow, the Ih-ban District of M hitchuich, and the Rural District of Chirbury. Causes of Death. -A com]iarison of the causes of death in 1920 tMth those in 1919 shows that the very great reduction in deaths for the last year was mostly due to the absence of influenza and its coni]'lications. J'his is clearly shown by the following figuies . 1 )K.\THS. Decrbask. Causes oj f Death. 1919 1920 Influenza . . 404 58 Bronchitis . . 254 177 Ihieumonia . . Pulmonary Tuberculosis . . 171 143 .All other di seases 2018 1980 346 77 25 28 3« Almost the whole of the decrease was accounted for by the smaller number of deaths Irom Influenza Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and except for the deaths lion pulmonary tuberculosis, this decrease may probably be ascribed pnncipally to the absence influenza. The deaths from iiulmonary tuberculosis are also always very consideiably incie by the ])revalence of influenza.