[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Kirkcudbright Burgh.

  • Kirkcudbright (Scotland). Burgh Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Kirkcudbright Burgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS OF DISTRICTS AND DISTRIBUTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE. NORTHERN DISTRICT. Population at Census 1921 2834 Estimated Population 1923 2792 Population at Census 1921 2834 Estimated Population 1923 2792 Births numbered 39. Birth rate per 1000, 14.0. Illegitimate birth rate, 5.1 per cent. 1922 1921 1920 1919 Previous Number of Births 55 48 50 31 Previous Birth Bates 19.1 16.9 19.7 12.1 Illegitimate Rates per cent 7.3 10.4 4.0 12.9 Deaths numbered 24. Death rate. 8.6. 1922 1921 1920 1919 Previous Number of Deaths 26 42 39 39 Previous Death Bates 9.0 14.8 15.4 15.2 INFANTILE MORTALITY.—There was 1 infant death under 1 year of age, giving a mortality rate of 26 per 1000 births, as compared with 55 in 1922, 42 in 1921, 100 in 1920, and 65 in 1919. The following cases of Infectious Disease were notified during the year :— Cases. Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina 2 Pulmonary Tuberculosis 3 Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1 Chickenpox 3 One case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis was treated at Bridge-of-Weir Sanatorium, and one case of Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis was treated in Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.