Report of the City Health Department / City of Winnipeg.

  • Winnipeg (Man.). Health Department.
Date:
[1933]
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Credit: Report of the City Health Department / City of Winnipeg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Report of the Medical Health Officer City Health Department, Winnipeg, Man., June 1, 1934. Chairman and Members of the Committee on Health. Madam and Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit for your consideration a summary of the annual reports of the Health Department for the years 1932 and 1933. This includes summaries of the reports of the heads of divisions for these years, together with a statement showing the cost of the services performed. Statistics—The number of deaths, excluding stillbirths, was 1,711 in 1932, and 1,681 in 1933. Assuming the population to be, according to the City Assessor’s figures, 215,768 for 1932, and 218,545 for 1933, these give gross death rates of 7.92 and 7.69 respectively per thousand popu¬ lation. 4 The corrected number of deaths, excluding stillbirths, was 1,515 for 1932, and 1,491 for 1933, giving corrected rates of 7.02 and 6.82 respec¬ tively. The number of registered deaths in children under one year of age was 184 in 1932, and 173 in 1933, giving crude mortality rates of 44.8 and 45.4 per thousand living births, respectively. The corrected number of infant deaths is 146, with a rate of 43.8 for 1932, and 134 deaths, with a rate of 44.2 for 1933. Registered stillbirths numbered 133 for 1932, and and 136 for 1933, giving rates of 32.4 and 35.7 per thousand live births, respectively. Further details regarding births and deaths will be found in the report of the Statistician. These figures, with the analysis and explana¬ tions given, are of interest and should be studied. FINANCIAL STATEMENT This statement is divided into three parts, the first covering those services concerned with the control and prevention of disease; the second, concerned with refuse collection and disposal, and street-cleaning ser¬ vices; and the third, the operation of the comfort stations.