[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Edinburgh City.

  • Edinburgh (Scotland). City Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Edinburgh City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tuberculosis Death Rates in Scotland. The death rates quoted below, which are taken from the Registrar-General’s preliminary statement for 1952, enable a comparison to be made with Edinburgh and other large centres of population in Scotland. Town Death rate per 1000 Town Death rate per 1000 Pulmonary Tuberculosis All forms of Tuberculosis Pulmonary Tuberculosis All forms of Tuberculosis Glasgow 0*49 0*55 Paisley 0-49 0-52 Edinburgh 0-26 0-30 Greenock ... 0-3(5 0-43 Dundee 0-22 0-25 Motherwell & Wishaw 0-26 0-30 Aberdeen ... 0*20 0-22 Clydebank ... 0-35 0-37 Scotland :—Pulmonary T.B., 0-27 ; All forms 0*32. NON-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. Notifications of non-pulmonary tuberculosis numbered 100 as compared with 81 in the previous year. The number of deaths (18) was two more than the total in 1951. The following is a record of notifications and deaths since 1930 fear Glands Abdomen Meninges and Central Nervous System Lupus Genito- urinary Spine Other Bones and Joints General Tuber- culosis, etc. Total (All Non- Pulmonary Forms) Rates per 100,000 of Population ojB C3 «- 03 £ a 4) Q •a 03 43 43 tC V3 ca ~ 03 £ B 41 a T3 03 43 3-g i 03 i B 4) Q T3 c/3 rz os § 03 .g « 4) Q TJ 03 4) IS 03 X rt 4) Q sl W3 It; os *- 03 £ a 4) Q •o 11 O) | S v Q •o af 03 .g 43 O T3 03 4) 43 m- 03 rt ^ 03 1 43 Q 43 O C 4) 43 *30$ c £ 4) Q 1930 94 5 69 25 45 41 9 15 3 20 4 30 6 12 295 90 67 21 1935 62 4 62 13 34 36 9 2 19 5 11 5 22 3 5 2 233 70 51 15 1940 42 1 17 11 46 38 1 6 3 9 7 33 1 6 24 174 85 41 20 1941 33 ... 16 9 44 34 1 8 5 19 2 35 5 5 21 185 76 43 18 1942 47 2 21 11 37 24 4 3 1 3 16 3 32 4 6 17 183 67 43 16 1943 29 18 9 33 27 3 ... 5 5 20 4 28 2 2 15 150 64 36 15 1944 41 3 13 5 27 21 1 1 4 4 21 3 25 1 3 9 151 47 36 11 1945 38 3 16 10 32 35 5 1 3 8 19 11 18 4 2 2 143 76 34 18 1946 28 3 18 4 28 31 4 6 4 19 5 16 5 1 7 133 59 29 13 1947 23 22 6 24 24 2 6 1 14 6 21 3 19 8 131 48 27 10 1948 30 20 4 23 21 3 1 6 1 19 2 24 4 6 4 131 37 27 8 1949 34 2 15 4 21 6 1 ... 9 1 25 4 22 2 4 2 131 21 27 4 1950 30 i 15 3 20 11 3 9 4 15 ... 14 2 8 i 114 22 23 5 1951 8 9 2 13 7 10 20 3 17 2 4 2 81 16 17 3 1962 15 2 « 2 14 6 12 3 16 3 27 2 7 100 18 21 4