[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE Y EAR 1925. PART I. SECTION I. POPULATION, &c. The estimated population of Glasgow as at the middle of the year 1925, was 1,097,841, compared with the 1924 estimate of 1,095,969. These numbers are based on a return of the occupied houses at Whitsunday of each year, as supplied by the City Assessor, multiplied by the average number of persons occupying each house, ascertained at the last Census, and a special enumeration of the inmates of hospitals and institutions, ihe estimate given by the Registrar-General is 1,057,100. ' The following statement shows the births and deaths registered since the year 1920, together with the natural increase of the population, i.e., excess of births over deaths. Since 1921. when the Census was taken, the total natural increase has reached a figure of over 50,000, so that the present local estimate of the population, as well as that of the Registrar-General, is considerably below the figure that would seem to be indicated by this method, which however does not make any allowance for emigration. ‘Note : This difference in the estimates leads to variations in the rates of births and deaths calculated thereon, but as has been explained in previous reports the above local method of estimating the population gives the nearest approach to accuracy.