[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Bootle County Borough.

  • Bootle (Lancashire, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Bootle County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Period. BOOTLE. England & Wales. No. of Deaths. Kate per 1,000. Rate per 1,000. 1891-1900 1106 2'17 2 01 1901-1910 1127 176 165 1911-1920 1370 182 142 1921-1925 652 1-70 108 1926-1930 572 1-49 0-94 1931-1935 537 1-39 081 1936 102 134 069 1937 83 111 069 1938 78 105 063 1939 78 1’08 From the above table it may be calculated that in the last nine years the deaths from tuberculosis in Bootle have been 563 less than would have been the case if the mortality rate experienced in 1891-1900 had continued. Dispensary Register.—A register is maintained of all cases of tuber- culosis receiving public medical treatment. This Dispensary Register contains the names of all persons attending at, or seen in connection with, the Chest Clinic for diagnosis or for treatment of tuberculosis, including patients under general supervision (whether or not accom- panied by domiciliary treatment), patients or observation cases in residential institutions, and contacts. On December 31st 1939 the number of persons so classified and on the register was 510, as against 534 on January 1st, 1939. PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. Incidence.—One hundred and fifteen new cases suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis were notified during 1939. The number includes 9 cases not formally notified. The numbers notified in the five pre cedino- years were 173, 145, 166, 143, and 127 respectively. In the case of four the first intimation was obtained from the death returns, while in sixteen other cases notification was made at intervals of less that three months before death. The non-notified deaths, therefore, numbered 5‘6 per cent, of the total of 73 deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis. Enquiry into these non-notified cases showed the omission to have been on the part of institution medical officers.