[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Herefordshire / County of Hereford County Council.

  • Herefordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1934
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Herefordshire / County of Hereford County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    7/76 (page 5)
    To TiiE Chairman and Members of the Public Assistance and Public Health Committee of the Hereford County Council. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have much pleasure in submitting to you the Annual Report on the Health and Sanitary Administration of the County for 1934. Population of the County and Gener.\l St.atistics. The population of the County at mid-year 1934 is estimated by the Registrar-General to be 110.800, of whom 41,950 belong to the Urban Districts and 63,850 to the Rural Districts. 1934. 1933. Birth Rate ... * ... ... ... ... 15.1 ... 14.4 Death Rate 13.4 ... 13.3 Infantile Mortality Rate (per 1,000 Births) ... 49.8 ... 53 Death Rate—Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... 0.633 ... 0.611 Death Rate—All forms of Tuberculosis ... 0.713 ... 0.782 Death Rate from Cancer ... ... ... 1.71 ... 1.82 Birth Rate. The Birth Rate for 1934 is 15 1 per 1,000 of the population and is 0.7 per 1,000 higher than in 1933. The figure for England and Wales is 14.8. Death Rate. The Death Rate for 1934 i.s 13.4 per 1,000, which is 0.1 per 1,000 higher than in 1933. The figure for England and Wales is 11.8 per 1,000. The corrected death rate for the County when allowance has been made for age grouping and se.\ distribution is 10.7 per 1,000. Deaths from— 1934. 1933. Influenza ... 21 64 Bronchitis • •• 44 39 Pneumonia • •• 71 72 WTiooping Cough ... 1 9 Measles • •• 6 3 Infantile Mortality. The Infantile Mortality Rate for 1934 is 49.8 per 1,000 births. The rate for legitimate children is 46 per 1,000 and for illegitimate children 106 per 1,000 births. The figure for England and Wales is 59 per 1,000 births. Tuberculosis. The Death Rate from Tuberculosis for the year 1934 shows a decrease compared with 1933. The Death Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis is 0.633 per 1,000 of the population, and that from other forms of Tuberculosis is 0.081 per 1,000 of-the population. The total Tuberculosis Deatli Rate is 0.713 per 1.000, as compared with 0.782 in 1933. The figure for England and W'alcs for the total Tuberculosis Death Rate was 0.764 in 1934. There is a very pressing need for beds for the treatment of advanced cases of Tuberculosis and this is a matter that merits the early and earnest consideration of your committee. An X-Ray apparatus is es.sential for Nieuport Sanatorium, so that modern methods of e.xamination and treatment can be made use