Report of the Department of Health / City of Montreal.

  • Montréal (Québec). Department of Public Health.
Date:
[1927]
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Credit: Report of the Department of Health / City of Montreal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Period 1922-1926 (5 years). 1922. .... 630.800 5.589 8.86 1923. .... 642.650 6.103 9.49 1924. .... 655.800 6.058 9.24 1925. .... 669.800 6.102 9.11 1926. .... 684.500 6.133 8.95 Average. . . . . . . 656.710 5.997 9.13 Period 1917-1926 (10 years). Average. . . .... 622.084 5.962 9.60 Year 1927 1927. .... 699.500 6.320 9.03 Death rate. The number of deaths in 1927 rose to 9,991 as against 9,660 in 1926; this shows in consequence, an increase of 331 deaths. The proportion compared to the population is 14.28 per thousand as against 14.12 in 1926, or an increase of 0.16 per thousand. The death rate for 1927 is 5.16 less than the average for the five years 1917 to 1921 and 0.65 less than the ave¬ rage for the five years 1922 to 1926, and 2.90 less than the average for the ten preceding years, in spite of the typhoid fever epidemic prevailing this year. Table III shows a statement of the death rate since 1917. TABLE III. — DEATHS. Period 1917-1921 (5 years). Number Proportion Years Population of per 1000 deaths inhabitants 1917 . 537,970 10,494 19.50 1918 . 579,910 14,090 24.30* 1919 . 593,440 10,617 17.89 1920 . 607,470 12,012 19.77 1921 . 618,506 9,740 15.74 Average. 587,459 11,391 19.44 * The epidemic of grippe contributed to the increase.