[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1910
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    REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. IQ IO. SECTION I. The Local Government Board, in their circular of instructions to Medical Officers of Health, require—(a) A general account of influences and conditions injurious or dangerous to the health of the Burgh, and of the measures that, in his opinion, should be adopted for its improvement. It has been customary in former years to preface this with a summary of the vital statistics of the year, and these are presented in the following Table: — Registrar General’s Estimate. Medical Officer’s Estimate. Population,1 884,520 796,409 Acreage,2 12,975 Persons per acre, 68 61 Number of Inhabited Houses, 164,397 Deaths—-Number registered, ... 13,395 „ After correction for Institutions, ifcc., 12,471 Births—Number registered, ... 22,222 ,, After correction, 22,014 Death-rate per 1,000 living—All causes, 15-1 15 7 Birth-rate per 1,000 living, 25-1 27-6 Deaths under One Year—Registered, 2,694 „ „ —After correction, ... 2,624 Deaths „ ,, „ per 1,000 births, ... 121 119 Death-rate per 1,000 living from—3 Zymotic diseases, Tuberculous diseases— 1-68 (а) Phthisis, (б) Others, l-30\ 9 0-88/ 18 Diseases of respiratory system, Pneumonia, 2-84 T49/ 84 Diseases of circulatory system, ... 1-59 Diseases of nervous system, ... ... 1-28 Malignant diseases (cancer, &c.), ... 0-89 Septic diseases, ... 0-23 Violence, ... 0-47 Premature births, ... 0-57 All other causes, ... 3-93 All causes, ... 15-66 1 See remarks which follow on disparity of these estimates of population, and the consequent need for caution in accepting the rates calculated thereon. 2 Includes 179 acres added in terms of the Glasgow Corporation Act, 1909. 3 On Medical Officer’s estimate of population.