[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lothian County Council.

  • West Lothian (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lothian County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT 3Y THE METICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR YEAR 1939. Vital Sti at is tics for L- ridvard Area and Burghs Population Census 1931) 81,431 Population (Estimated 1939) 83,564 Births (corrected number) 1,571 Births illegitimate (corrected number) 69 Marriages 655 Deaths (corrected number) 932 Rates per l,COO of the population Birth race (corrected) 18.8 Marriage Rato 7•3 Death Rates (corracted) All Causes 11.2 All Tub er c u1o sis .43 Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System .31 Principal Epidemic Diseases .44 Infantile Mortality Rate (Deaths under one year 63 per 1,000 births), Ages at_ Death The number of deaths at 1939:- Age Period Under 1 year “1 JL to 4 years 5 to 9 years 10 to 14 years 15 to 24 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years m?'L' to 54 years 55 to 64 years 65 to 74 years 75 to 84 years 85 years and o' the various age periods during Total Deaths 99 21 15 10 34 26 53 96 150 236 170 22 932 Deaths from the Principal Piseases Epidemic Diseases during 1939:- Total Deaths Typhoid Fei^er o Measles 0 Scarlet Fever o Whooping Cough 8 Diphtheria 8 Influenza 15 Cerebro Spinal Fever 1 Other Epidemic Diseases 5 37 This total in 1938 was 42. Statistics/