[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In Table IV. the deaths and death-rates for each Ward are stated, together with the corresponding rates for 1903-4. TABLE IV. •Glasgow, 1905.—DEATHS and Death-rates per Million in each Municipal Ward, with corresponding rates for 1903 and 1904. Municipal Wards. 1903. 1904. 1905. Rate per Million. Rate per Million. Deaths. Rate per Million. 1. Dalmarnock, ... 19,249 20,096 984 19,916 2. Calton, 22,844 23,626 771 20,905 3. Mile-end, 23,233 21,931 870 20,096 4. Whitevale, 19,184 20,340 637 19,375 5. Dennistoun, ... 13,258 13,519 416 11,778 6. Springburn, ... 18,665 18,918 733 17,413 7. Cowlairs, 15.312 16,778 481 15,547 8. Townhead, 18,405 18,575 718 18,478 9. Blackfriars, ... 22,524 21,913 457 20,658 10. Exchange, 18,369 17,426 39 18,422 11. Blythswood, ... 13,626 16,643 38 11,415 12. Broomielaw, ... 27,588 20,517 170 22,004 13. Anderston, 18,470 19,387 542 18,318 14. Sandyford, 15,478 16,805 448 17,454 15. Park, ... 10,940 10,784 262 10,473 16. Cowcaddens, ... 23,949 24,744 800 21,422 17. Woodside, 15,179 15,912 632 14,296 ' 18. Hutchesontown, 19,512 22,669 805 19,882 19. Gorbals, 18,966 18,051 612 16,965 20. Kingston, 18,727 17,850 604 17,474 21. Govanhill, 13,999 15,996 463 13,714 22. Langside, 10,363 9,614 313 8,688 23. Pollokshields, 9,656 8,741 153 8,575 24. Kelvinside, 8,009 7,090 147 7,120 25. Maryhill, 14,951 15,919 558 14,318 — Institutions and Harbour, ... 1,105 ... CITY, 18,524 18.835 13,758 17,517 The highest death-rate, 22-0 per 1,000, occurs in Broomielaw Ward; Cow- caddens comes next with a rate of 21'4; while Calton, Blackfriars, and Mile-end have each, in the order named, a rate of over 20'0 per 1,000. With the exception of Broomielaw, all these wards show an improvement over 1904, varying from 3'3 to 1'3 per 1,000. The rate in Broomielaw Ward shows an increase of 1‘5 over that for 1904, hut, as pointed out in last year’s Report, the rate for 1904 was phenomenally low, and represented a decrease of no less than 7T per 1,000 on 1903.