[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Dublin City.

  • Dublin (Ireland). City Council
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Dublin City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1,000 of the population for the two years were 1 -24 in 1936 and 1*0 in 1937. This is a satisfactory reduction to be able to record since it represents a decrease in practically all the epidemic diseases as may be noted from the following figures. Deaths from Typhoid fever decreased from 11 to 1 ; Measles from 90 to 46 ; Scarlet fever from 66 to 26 ; Diphtheria from 110 to 84 ; Diarrhoea and Enteritis in children under 2 years of age from 256 to 242. Deaths from Whooping- cough showed an increase from 57 to 73. There were no deaths registered in either year from Typhus, Dysentery or Smallpox. The death-rate from “ principal epidemic diseases ” is one of the rates customarily used in assessing the state of the public health in a given population group and any notable decline in this rate is a satisfactory index. DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES AND DEATH-RATES PER 1,000 LIVING, 1930—37. Year. Deaths from all Causes. Death-rate per 1,000 Living. 1930 6,212 15*0 1931 6,562 15-9 1932 6,536 15-6 1933 6,405 15-3 1934 5,748 13-6 1935 6,506 15-3 1936 6,996 15-0 1937 7,023 14-9 AGES AT DEATHS. Of the 7,023 deaths at all ages, 1,704 (or 24-3 per cent.) were those of children under 5 years of age, and 2,208 (or 31-4 per cent.) of persons 65 years of age