Report of the City Health Department / City of Winnipeg.

  • Winnipeg (Man.). Health Department.
Date:
[1930]
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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., March 29th, 1931. Chairman and Members, Committee on Health. Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit for your consideration the report of the Health Department for the year 1930. This includes the reports of the heads of Divisions together with a statement of the cost of the year’s work. STATISTICS The number of deaths, excluding stillbirths, was 1,806. Assuming the population to be 209,286 (City Assessor’s figures), this gives a gross death rate of 8.63 per 1,000 population. The rate for 1929 was 8.86. The corrected number of deaths, excluding stillbirths, was 1,602, giving a corrected rate of 7.66. The number of registered deaths in children under one year of age was 269, giving a crude mortality rate of 57.9 per 1,000 living births. In 1929 the rate was 56.0. The corrected number of infant deaths was 210, giving a corrected mortality rate of 57.9. Malformations and dis¬ eases of early infancy caused 34.5 deaths per 1,000 live births; diges¬ tive diseases, 5.8; respiratory diseases, 4.7; and all other diseases, 12.9, corrected figures. Registered stillbirths numbered 201, giving a rate per 1,000 live births of 43.3. In 1929 there were 225 stillbirths and the rate was 49.8. Further details regarding births and deaths will be found in the re¬ port 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 two parts, the first covering those ser¬ vices concerned with the control and prevention of disease, and the sec¬ ond, concerned with refuse collection and disposal, and street-cleaning services.