[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Ruthin R.D.C.

  • Ruthin Town (Clwyd, Wales). Rural District Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Ruthin R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( Miiu o t o 0 o t Moaslos c e. ... ,,, Pulmonary TuT:)crculosis ,,o Other Tuhorculosis Lidoascs Co^ncor »»• o«* ee* Ccrohral Haonorrhag-c Hoart Disoasos Bronchitis .., Pnoumoiiia o»<, c,». iTophritis o,. ., <■ Suicide .„. ..e Accidents Appendicitis.. ... Other Defined Diseases Diphtheria Influenca ... Diahetes ... ... Congenital Debility rromo.ture Birth l?il a ( 38 p. 3 3 3 3 1 14 Ml 2 5 6 27 persons died f?.’om the aho~/c disease, ]3 hoiiig males and 9 fomalcSo This is equivalent to a mortality of %^j2. per 1,000 of the popul.atlon and at the rate of I9I por 1,000 deaths regieterod. rates for the previous year wore 2.6 and 166 respectively. Ago. ^,los. Pemaios. Betv;ocn 40-50 1 Botv;eon 5O-6O 1 1 Between CO-JO 4 5 Between 70-80 11 2 Over 80 1 1 Total . i^T 0 . j MOPTALIT'f MO' 'iO-OT P:.;P.,'J017S OIOSR 65 78 of the total number of d.eabhs (lzi-l''s, viz.;- 43 nulos and 33 fcTaales, occurred in persons v/ho v/ero over 65 3’'eais of ago., This is oq,ual to a death- rate of 553 1,000 deaths registered, as ccmxi'arcd iirith 472 for t.he pro\icus year. 16 \jQTQ between 65 and JO years. , 34 J • 70 and 80 years 22 : : 80 and 9C' years 6 were over 90 years. nTPAMILE MGPTALTfY ?ix deaths of infants under one year v/ere registered, being 4 ^lales and 2 females. This ccL’-ials a rate of 52 per 1,000 births registered, as compared with the r.afcc of 90 for the previous year and 50 for Engl.and and l''’b.lcs, for the present year. There voro no deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years of ago, xdiilo the rate for England and Wales for the prcsnnt year was 4<>8 por 1,000 live births. TUBEPOULOSIS During the year, only one death from this disease occurred, this being duo to Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and is equivalent to the loi/ mortality of 0.1 per 1,000 of population or at the rate of 7 por 1,000 deaths registered as comparoil v:ith a rate of Cc4 and ~<1 rcspocti\oly for the previous year. This is the Icivcst rate recorded in the district.