Report of the Department of Health / City of Montreal.

  • Montréal (Québec). Department of Public Health.
Date:
[1952]
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Credit: Report of the Department of Health / City of Montreal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Pour la huitieme annee consecutive dans l’histoire de la sante a Montreal, le taux de la mortalite generale en notre ville, soit 9.5 par 1,000 de population, s’est maintenu au-dessous de 10 par 1,000 de population. La mortalite generale parmi la popu lation domiciliee a Montreal est peu elevee, si Ton tient compte des dangers auxquels l’exposent les conditions ac- tuelles. Le caractere de plus en plus cosmopolite de la population qui envahit notre metropole, le surpeuplement des logements et la promiscuite des porteurs de germes, sont des facteurs qui expo- sent davantage la population. Le tableau IV expose l’etat de la mor¬ talite depuis 1942 pour chaque annee et par groupe de cinq et de dix annees. For the eighth consecutive year in the health history of Montreal, the rate of general mortality in our City, 9.5 per 1,000 population, has remained below 10 per 1,000 population. The general death rate for residents of Montreal is quite low if we consider the risks to which they are exposed. The increasingly cosmopolitan character of the population which invades our metropolis, overcrowding in dwellings, contacts with germ carriers, all are factors which tend to endanger the health of the public. Table IV shows the trend of the death rate since 1942 for each year and for five and ten year periods. Tableau IV Population, nombre de deces et taux par 1,000 habitants pour cha¬ que annee et par periode de 5 et 10 annees de 1942 a 1952. Table IV Population, number of deaths and rate per 1,000 population for each year and for 5 and 10 year periods from 1942-1952. Annee Year Population Nombre de dec6s Number of deaths Taux par 1,000 habitants Rate per 1,000 population 1942. 914,858 9,532 10.4 1943. 926,709 10,182 11.0 1944. 938,560 9,908 10.6 1945. 950,411 9,481 10.0 1946. 962,262 9,767 10.2 Moyenne—Mean. 938,560 9,774 10.4 1947. 974,113 9,669 9.9 1948. 985,964 9,911 10.0 1949. 997,815 10,059 10.1 1950. 1,009,666 9,802 9.7 1951.. 1,021,520 9,932 9.7 Moyenne—Mean. 997,816 9,875 9.9 Moyenne 10 ans. Mean for 10 years. 968,188 9,824 10.1 1952. 1,035,600 9,887 9.5