[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Belfast County Borough.

  • Belfast (Northern Ireland). County Borough Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Belfast County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The principal causes of deaths (in order of importance) were as follows :— 1. Heart Disease .. . . . . . . . . 1,302 2. Cancer .. . . .. . . . . 682 3. Pulmonary Tuberculosis .. .. . . . . 343 4. Pneumonia and Broncho Pneumonia . . . . . . 338 5. Bronchitis .. . . . . . . . . 300 6. Senile Decay . . . . . . . . . . 237 7. Violence . . . . . . . . . . 135 8. Premature Births (still births excluded) . . . . 132 9. Diarrhoea and Enteritis . . . . . . 127 10. Nephritis .. .. .. .. ..110 TABLE II. Trend of mortality from the four principal causes of death in Belfast from 1937 :— YEAR 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 Heart Disease 1,306 1,314 1,344 1,387 1,277 995 1,116 1,098 1,130 1,302 Cancer 564 568 572 576 570 633 613 620 664 682 Pulmonary Tuber- culosis 414 348 365 412 426 369 367 354 326 343 Respiratory Tract 795 691 580 840 685 546 655 523 517 638 TABLE III Shewing the number of deaths at various age periods, the percentage of the total number registered, and the death rates per 1,000 of the population. No. of Deaths Percentage of Total Deaths Under 1 year 630 11.8 1 year and under 5 years 133 2.4 5 years and under 25 years 226 4.2 25 years and under 45 years 493 9.2 45 years and under 65 years 1,258 23.6 65 years and upwards . . 2,586 Total 5,326 48.5 Death Rate per 1,000 of the Population 1.4 0.2 0.5 1.1 2.8 5.8 TABLE IV Shewing the number of Deaths registered as having been caused by Phthisis and Diseases of the YEAR Respiratory Organs during the twenty years, 1927-1946. Diseases Rate of the Population Phthisis per 1,000 Respiratory System Pneumonia Others Total Total Chest Affections 1927 416,000 515 1.2 479 526 1,005 1,520 1928 415,151 499 1.2 521 542 1,063 1,562 1929 415,151 485 1.2 680 761 1,441 1,926 1930 415,151 436 1.0 357 482 839 1,275 1931 415,151 452 1.1 518 479 997 1,449 1932 415,151 448 1.1 539 461 1,000 1,448 1933 415,151 429 1.0 583 605 1,188 1,617 1934 415,151 398 0.96 434 421 855 1,253 1935 , 415,151 389 0.93 597 445 1,042 1,431 1936 436,000 406 0.93 450 373 823 1,229 1937 438,112 414 0.95 503 405 908 1,322 1938 443,500 348 0.78 465 294 759 1,107 1939 443,500 365 0.82 316 357 673 1,038 1940 444,500 412 0.93 404 539 943 1,355 1941 444,500 426 0.96 330 446 776 1,202 1942 444,500 369 0.83 325 298 623 992 1943 425,000 367 0.86 451 291 742 1,109 1944 430,800 354 0.82 315 286 601 955 1945 435,900 326 0.75 274 339 613 939 1946 444,687 343 0.77 338 405 743 1,086