[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunbarton County Council.

  • Dumbartonshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunbarton County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The principal causes of death were: Congenital debility, or premature birth, 43; pneumonia, 15; bronchitis, 5; infantile diarrhoea, 9. The infantile mortality rate for the County area was 68 as against 67 in 1936 and 69 in 1935. Deaths from Infectious Diseases.—During 1937 there were 3 deaths due to scarlet fever, 6 due to whooping cough, 5 due to diphtheria and 1 to cerebro-spinal meningitis; making a total of 15, being 3 fewer than last year. Deaths from Tuberculosis.—During 1937, 47 deaths were due to one or other form of tuberculosis. These included 35 cases of tuberculosis of the lungs, giving a death-rate for this type of disease of 0-40 per 1000 as against 0-37 in 1936. Deaths from other forms of tuberculosis numbered 12, giving a death-rate of 0T4 as against 0T0 per 1000 in 1936. The following table gives particulars as to the period elapsing between notification and death, and between dis- charge from an institution and death, of all the above- mentioned cases :— Pulmonary. N on-Pulmonary. 1 Male. Female. Male. Female. Not notified or notified only at or after death, 1 2 4 1 Notified less than 1 month before death, 3 1 1 1 ,, from 1 to 3 months before death, 1 1 — 1 »» ,, 3 to 6 ,, ,, ,, 3 1 — >> ,, 6 to 12 ,, ,, ,, 1 3 1 — ,, ,, 1 to 2 years, ,, ,; 3 3 1 „ over 2 years „ ,, 6 6 1 1 Totals, 18 17 7 5 Number who died within 28 days after disoharge from an Institution, 1 1 — — Number who died more than 28 days after discharge from an Institution, ... 4 4 1 2