[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1940
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Sex-distribution of deaths.—Of the total deatlis, 1,14H were luales and 1 ,(^14 feinales, a proportion of l,ld2 ; 1,000. Uncertified deaths.—In 1040 there-were 2 uncertified deaths 4)e]onging to the area. Coroners’ inquests.—Coroners’ in([uests were lield regarding 110 deaths—that is, in o.o per cent, of the total deaths during the year. The Coroners’ (Amendment) Act, 1926.—This Act came into force on 1st iMay, 1027. During the year HO deaths (4.1 ])er cent, of the total deaths during the year) were registered without the Coroner holding an inquest. Infantile mortality.—Tliere were lOH deaths of infants under 1 year old. This corres^jonds to an infantile mortality rate'of HO per 1,000 births. There were 11 deaths in illegitimate infants under 1 year old; giving an illegitimate mortality rate of 1()7 ]jer 1,000. The infant mortality rates for each year since 1031 are given below:* 1931 86 1932 71 1933 99 1934 60 1935 67 1936 63 1937 77 1938 :.... 75 1939 58 1940 80 The main causes of infant deaths during the past two years are shown below: — No. in No. in 1939 1940 Pneumonia (all forms) 27 37 l^ronchitis ' 3 3 Whooping cough 1 1 iMeasles 1 10 Diarrhoea and enteritis 20 43 Premature birth 36 40 All other causes 64 139 198 Deaths from tuberculosis.—Tuberculosis was responsible for 5.5j per cent, of all the deaths recorded in the Borough in 1940. The deaths from the disease,were as follows: — Deaths from tuberculosis of the lungs 109 Deaths from other forms of tuberculosis 12 121](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927345_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
