[Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1912
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Credit: [Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WHOOPING-COUGH. 19 deaths in Govan, 20 in Partick, 6 in Pollokshaws, were attributed to whooping-cough, representing rates of 211, 287, and 471 respectively. In all cases these rates are below the average of the five years shown in the following Table. The same remark as to case-rates for measles applies to whooping-cough : ■— Govan. Partick. Pollokshaws. Year. Death-rate per Million of the Population. 1908, 640 370 941 1909, 762 491 1,098 1910, 232 328 1911, 1,132 819 538 1912, 211 287 471 Average of 5 years, 595 473 610 TUBERCULOUS DISEASES. Pulmonary Tuberculosis. The following Table gives the cases and deaths, with the rates per million, for pulmonary tuberculosis : — Case. Death. Rate per Million of the Population. Case. Death. Govan, 235 124 2,608 1,376 Partick, 135 67 1,934 960 Pollokshaws, 21 16 1,648 1,255 In Partick, phthisis was compulsorily notifiable prior to the coming into operation in August of the Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Scotland) Regulations, 1912, so that the case-rate does not afford a strict comparison with the other Burghs. The death-rate in Govan was 1,376 per thousand of the population, in Pollokshaws 1,255, and in Partick 960. The percentage of deaths from phthisis occurring at various age periods is shown in the following statement: — Age. Govan. Partick. Pollokshaws. - 1 1-6 3-0 - 2 3-2 — — - 5 0-8 1-5 — - 15 9-7 7-4 62 - 25 16-9 20-9 37 5 - 45 46-0 44-8 43-8 - 65 19-4 20-9 12-5 65 + 2 4 1-5 —