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

  • Gloucestershire (England). County Council. n 50061360.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Gloucestershire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RirthTRate. The Birth Rate for the year 1937 shows a slight increase upon that for the previous year—-14.9 per 1,000 of the population in comparison with 14.5 in 1936. The increase in the County rate is due entirely to an increased rural birth rate as the birth rate in the urban areas showed a decrease. The natural increase in the population of the County now stands at a figure of 1.4 per 1,000 of the population, and further reductions in the birth rate or increase in the death rate will soon lead to a natural decrease in the County population taking the place of the normal natural increase. Of the recorded births 2,607 were males and 2,454 were females, the ratio of male to female births being 106.2 to 100. 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 Urban 12.4 12.6 13.5 14.1 13.8 Rural 13.8 14.5 15.2 14.7 15.5 Administrative County 13.4 13.8 14.5 14.5 14.9 England and Wales 14.4 14.8 14.7 14.8 14.9 Death Rate. The Death Rate for the County for the year is 13.5 which is a slight increase on the rate for last year which was 13.3. The total number of deaths in the County during 1937 was 4,582 and the seven chief causes of death with the corresponding percentages of total deaths were as follows :— Heart Disease ... ... ... ... 27.7 Cancer ... ... ... ... ... 13.1 Other Circulatory Diseases ... ... 6.7 Cerebral Haemorrhage ... ... ... 5.5 Pneumonia ... ... ... ... ... 4.0 Senility ... ... ... ... ... 3.9 Influenza ... ... ... ... ... 3.9 There has been an increase both in the number of deaths from heart disease in comparison with last year, and in the percentage in relation to the total number of deaths. The death rate from this cause has shown a steady advance year by year in the records of the County and is now almost two and a half times as great as the average death rate from heart disease in the second decennium of this century. The number of deaths from cancer is almost identical with that of last year, but there has been a slight decrease in the percentage relative to the total number of deaths. The main bulk of the deaths in the County result from heart disease, and diseases of the circulatory system, these together being responsible for more