[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council.

  • Fife (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The number of deaths from the principal epidemic diseases varies according to the types of infections occurring during the year but the diseases in the main responsible for heavy mortality from these causes are influenza and, in respect of young children, whooping cough and measles. DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS. The number of deaths from tuberculosis in 1937 was 88 (male 47, female 41), equivalent to a death rate of 0-44 per 1,000 estimated population. In 1936, the deaths were 91. Of the deaths in 1937, 40 occurred in the Landward Area and 48 in the Small Burghs, the respective death rates being 0*36 and 0-49 per 1,000. Of the total deaths from tuberculosis, 65 were caused by pul- monary tuberculosis (Landward 29, Small Burghs 36) and 23 by non-pulmonary tuberculosis (Landward 11, Small Burghs 12). In 1937 the deaths in the Landward Area were three more than in 1936 and in the Small Burghs eight less. DEATHS FROM CANCER. The number of deaths from cancer (malignant disease) in 1937 was 294 (males 131, females 163), the death rate being 1*46 per 1,000 estimated population. The deaths in the Landward Area were 142 and in the Small Burghs 152. In 1936, the deaths from cancer were 298. DEATHS FROM DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. These diseases accounted for 254 deaths (male 140, female 114) in 1937, the death rate being 1 -26 per 1,000 estimated population. There were 315 deaths from these diseases in 1936, the rate being 1 *56 per 1,000. Of the total deaths in 1937 from diseases of the respiratory system, 113 were attributed to bronchitis, 113 to pneumonia and 28 I to other respiratory diseases. The deaths in the Landward Area numbered 122 (bronchitis 53, 1 pneumonia 57, other respiratory diseases 12), a death rate of 1-20 per 1,000. The number of deaths in the Small Burghs was 132 (bronchitis 60, pneumonia 56, other respiratory diseases 16), the | death rate being 1 -33. DEATHS FROM DISEASES OF PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. The women dying from these causes in 1937 numbered 15 ! (puerperal sepsis 3, other puerperal causes 12), the maternal mortality rate being 4*45 per 1,000 registered births.