[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1910
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Credit: [Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In order to compare these rates with those of other towns, we must revert to the deaths as registered, and to the Registrar-General’s estimate of the population, and in the following Table the rates are given for several of the large towns in England and Scotland: — Glasgow and Several Towns—Death-rate per 1,000 living. 1900-1909. 1910. Glasgow, 19*1 15*1 Edinburgh. ... ... ... ... 16-9 ... 14‘0 Dundee, ... ... ... ... 19-3 ... 19-7 Aberdeen, ... ... ... ... 16-4 ... 12-1 London, Liverpool, Manchester. .. Birmingham, 16-0 21*1 20-0 17-9 12- 7 17-7 16-1 13- 7 QUARTERLY DEATH-RATES. For comparative purposes a Table, based on the Quarterly Returns of the Registrar-General, is here introduced, showing the quarterly death-rates for each year since 1904. Glasgow.—Quarterly Death-Rate, 1904-1910. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. Mean. 1904-1909. 1910. First Quarter, 21 5 19-5 19-1 21 -4 23-0 19-9 20-7 • 17-2 Second ,, 18-8 18-5 18-3 20-1 17-1 16-6 18-2 15-5 Third ,, 16-6 15-1 15-3 14-3 14-6 12-6 14-7 13-2 Fourth ,, 20T 18-4 18-6 18-2 16-3 21-0 18-8 14-7 Year, 19 3 17-8 17-8 18-5 17-8 17-5 18-1 15-1 A chart, showing the death-rate in each year since 1855 in relation to the mean of the period 1855-1910, will be found facing page 6. WARD DEATH-RATES. In Table VII. of the Appendix the deaths and death-rates for each of the several Wards are given for 1910, and for comparison the corresponding rates since 1903. On the average rates for these years it is now possible, with some degree of accuracy, to grade the Wards in relation to the mean for the City, and I select for illustration eight in which the rate is continuously in excess. These are as follows: —