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

Shropshire (England). County Council.

Date:: 1937

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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS IN THE COUNTY OF SALOP, 1937.—RURAL DISTRICTS. Causes of Death. Ate R 0 lam D. 8 Bridg R 0 north D. 9 Cl R 3 un D. 8 Drayton R.D. 39 Ellesmere R.D. 48 Ludlow R.D. 49 Oswestry R.D. 59 Shifnal R.D. 68 Wellington R.D. 78 Wem R.D. 79 Totals. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. .Kll Causes . 108 106 57 71 68 75 73 59 42 30 91 83 97 90 38 51 148 101 60 63 782 729 1 Typhoid fever, etc. 1 1 2 Musics , , i . . i 2 3 Scarlet fever .. , , , , 4 Whooping Cough 1 • . 1 . , , , 1 1 1 3 5 Diphtheria . . . . • . . . . , , . 2 1 i 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 5 6 Influenza 7 8 2 5 4 3 6 4 3 2 4 5 3 5 8 2 6 30 47 7 Encephahtis lethargica . . 1 . , , , 1 8 Cerebro-spinal fever .. , . . . . , , , 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 1 . . 9 Respiratory Tuberculosis 3 1 3 . , 2 2 4 i 2 2 1 3 1 8 3 4 4 i 23 14 10 Other tuberculosis 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 12 8 11 Syphihs . • . . , . , , , , 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 12 G^eral paralysis of insane,etc i . . . . . . • . . • 1 . . 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 13 Cancer .. 12 15 9 6 5 15 9 12 6 1 21 16 12 15 8 6 20 ie 7 6 109 108 14 Diabetes 2 , , . . 2 1 1 , , 1 3 3 . , 1 1 2 8 9 15 Cerebral haemorrhage 11 8 2 7 4 3 4 2 1 3 6 3 5 3 4 ii 13 2 1 43 50 16 Heart disease .. 28 24 10 16 19 22 20 17 15 7 13 19 40 29 13 20 36 19 16 27 210 200 17 Aneurysm 1 • • . . . . . • , • , « , , . . 1 1 , . 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 18 Other circulatory 2 2 4 7 2 1 1 2 5 9 1 4 5 4 4 2 7 8 2 3 33 34 19 Bronchitis 2 5 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 4 3 3 2 2 1 7 4 1 1 26 24 20 Pneumonia 10 4 2 2 4 4 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 4 1 4 4 13 1 1 2 41 24 21 Other respiratory 3 2 1 1 2 . . , , 1 1 1 2 1 4 4 • 4 12 3 22 Peptic ulcer 2 • . • . 1 . . 1 , , 4 4 4 * 1 2 1 6 2 23 Diarrhoea, &c. (under 2 years • . . • 2 « . i . . 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 • 4 1 3 24 Appendicitis .. 1 . . 1 . . i . . , . 1 4 4 4 • 4 4 2 4 4 5 1 25 Cirrhosis of liver • . . , . , , , , , 4 4 1 1 4 4 • 4 1 1 26 Other Uver diseases i , , , , i , , 3 i 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 7 27 Other digestive 1 . • , . 5 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 i 1 4 4 4 4 2 12 9 28 Nephritis 4 2 1 2 1 4 2 i . . 4 2 5 3 2 2 1 4 4 8 6 29 21 29 Puerperal sepsis 2 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . • . , . . 4 4 4 • . 4 4 4 4 4 . 4 4 4 3 30 Other puerperal . . . . 1 . • . . . . . . . 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 1 4 4 4 . 4 4 6 31 Congenital, etc. 3 3 1 6 1 1 3 2 3 . . 7 3 5 3 1 1 10 2 3 4 4 37 21 32 Senihty 5 7 1 2 2 4 2 5 4 3 6 5 2 1 1 4 4 3 5 1 2 27 34 33 Suicide 3 3 3 •. , , , 1 3 1 . . 1 . . 4 , 1 , 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 1 1 12 7 34 Other violence 6 1 5 4 5 3 6 1 1 . . 5 2 2 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 1 1 35 16 35 Other defined causes .. 5 14 4 5 3 7 4 5 3 . . 6 10 7 6 3 3 13 9 8 1 56 60 36 Ill-defined causes 1 1 • • • * 2 2 • • • • • ♦ • * • • 1 • • • • • • 1 • • • • ♦ • • • 3 5 Special Causes (included in No. 35 above:) Small-pox • , • . « • , . . . . . . . . « . . . . * . . . . 4 • 4 4 • 4 4 4 4 • 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Pohomyelitis • • . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . • . • 4 . Pohoencephalitis • * ■ • • • • • • • • * • * • • • • • • Deaths of infants under 1 year : Total .. .. . * 6 4 1 8 3 2 3 4 4 . . 7 3 5 4 2 2 16 5 3 1 50 33 Legitimate 5 4 • • 7 3 2 3 4 4 7 2 5 3 2 2 15 5 3 1 47 30 Illegitimate 1 1 1 • • • • 1 1 1 • • • • 3 3 Live Births : 1 Total 172 151 92 100 78 69 62 66 49 51 102 93 101 104 67 66 137 128 70 66 930 894 Legitimate 158 142 88 95 75 63 60 65 49 51 95 85 98 96 65 63 133 121 61 65 882 846 Illegitimate 14 9 4 5 3 6 2 1 7 8 3 8 2 3 4 7 9 1 48 48 Still-Births : Total 12 7 4 7 3 2 1 4 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 1 5 9 3 4 40 43 Legitimate 12 7 4 6 3 2 1 3 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 1 5 9 3 4 40 40 Illegitimate 1 • • 1 ■ ■ 1 1 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3 Population 18,450 11,860 9,959 8,228 6,971 13,680 15,560 7,573 15,930 9,789 118,000 Death-rate per 1,000 .. 11. 6 10. 8 14. 4 16.0 10. 3 12.7 12.0 11. 7 15. 6 12.6 12.8 Birth-rate per 1,000 .. 17.5 16.2 14.8 15.5 14.3 14.2 13. 2 17.6 16.0 13.9 15 .5 C.F. . .84 .90 .83 .83 .87 .87 .90 .84 .88 .86 .86 Note.—O.F.—Comparability factor for adjusting death-rates in order to make them comparable.