[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1939
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Tlie infant mortality rates for eaeli year siju-e lOol are given below; 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 86 71 99 60 67 63 77 75 58 The main causes of infant deaths during llie ])ast two years are shown below: — No. ill No. ill iiKts (a) Pnennionia (all foiaiis) 39 27 f^roiudiitis ■) 3 Wliooping eongb S ] Measles 9 1 Diarrluea and entei'ilis 29 20 (b) Preniatnre birth 39 36 (e) All other eanses 57 51 186 139 Deaths from tuberculosis.—Tnberenlosis was responsible for 7.7 per cent of all the deaths recorded in the Borough in 1939. The deaths from the disease were as follows: — Deaths from tnberenlosis of the Inngs 126 Deaths from other forms of tnberenlosis 13 139 This gives a tnberenlosis death-rate of 1.0 ])er 1,000 of the popnlation. Of the 126 deaths from respiratory tnberenlosis during 1939, 118 occurred in persons between 15 and 65 years old—that is, of a wage- earning age. Deaths from certain epidemic diseases.—The seven “ principal epidemic diseases ” caused 40 deaths, as follows: — Diarrhoea and enteritis (under 2 years) 19 Whooping cough 1 IMeasles 1 Scarlet fever 1 Diphtheria (including membranons croup) 17 Fever (enteric, typhus, and simple continued)... 1 Smallpox — This corresponds to a death-rate from all these diseases of 0.28 per 1,000 of the popnlation. Deaths from other notifiable infectious diseases.—Pneumonia caused, in its various forms, 109, deaths; cerebro-spinal fever, 3; encephalitis lethargica, 4; dysentery, 1,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927333_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
