[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigtown County Borough.

  • Wigtown (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1923
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigtown County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chickenpox again became notifiable, and 40 cases were notified from the Parishes of Stoneykirk and Kirkmaiden. MACHARS. Population at Census 1921 ... 8245 Population estimated 1923 ... 7993 Births numbered 211. Birth rate per 1000, 26.4. Illegitimate birth rate, 13.7 per cent. 1922 1921 1920 1919 Previous Number of Births .. t 226 202 227 169 Previous Birth Rates . 27.2 24.5 28.3 20.9 Illegitimate Rates per cent. 14.2 14.4 12.3 14.8 Deaths numbered 133. Death rate, 16.6. 1922 1921 1920 1919 Previous Number of Deaths . 104 101 114 139 Previous Death Rates . 12.5 12.2 14.2 17.2 Death Rates per 1000 of Population. Chief Causes of Death. 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 Enteric Fever . — .12 — — — Scarlet Fever . .12 — — — — Measles . — — — .12 — Whooping Cough . — — — .37 .24 Diphtheria and Croup . — .24 —• .24 .24 Pulmonary Tuberculosis . .62 .24 .36 .49 .61 Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... .37 .12 .84 .37 1.23 Cancer ... 2.50 1.08 .60 1.87 2.10 Heart Disease .. 2.25 2.04 2.91 1.74 1.60 Bronchitis . .62 .36 .12 .37 1.48 Pneumonia . .875 1.20 .84 .99 2.22 Other Respiratory Diseases .. • — .24 .24 — .12 Diarrhoea and Enteritis . — .12 .12 .12 — Nephritis . .62 .48 .12 .49 — Influenza . — .48 .36 — .37 INFANTILE MORTALITY.—There were 19 deaths of infants under 1 yean of age, giving a mortality rate of 90 per 1000 births, as compared with 44 in 1922, 69 in 1921, 75 in 1920, and 107 in 1919. Infectious Diseases were notified from the under¬ mentioned Parishes :—