[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham County Borough.

  • Rotherham (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In the subsequent table the Vital Statistics of the Borough in relation to the various Wards are shown :— St. Thorn- Mas- Kimber- East Ann’s Clifton South West North hill bro’ worth Total Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward 1926 Estimated Population 12652 8887 5744 6233 5432 8094 7550 7805 8203 70600 Number of Houses ... 2793 1962 1268 1354 1179 1787 1689 1723 1811 15566 Acreage . 742.016 121.500 519.228 430.500 563.000 300.000 197.300 411.300 2878.961 5893.805 Density of Houses per acre 3.77 16.14 2.44 3.14 2.09 5.69 8.57 4.19 .63 2.63 Density of Population per acre 17.05 73.14 11.07 14.49 9.65 26-95 38.32 19.00 2.85 11.97 Births— Legitimate 266 167 76 66 126 281 178 175 142 1477 Illegitimate 3 6 1 . . • 24 10 11 2 7 64 Total 269 173 77 66 150 291 189 177 149 1541 Birth Rate 21.34 19.47 13.40 10.59 27.61 35.95 25.03 21.38 18.15 21.82 Deaths— Gross 78 93 109 61 158 79 93 97 74 842 Outward Transfers 1 • • • 54 • • 98 2 1 3 2 161 Inward Transfers 6 8 3 3 5 5 5 6 8 49 Nett 83 101 58 64 65 82 97 100 80 730 Death Rate 6.56 11.38 10.09 10.27 11.89 10.13 12.85 12.81 9.75 10.34 Nett Deaths under 1 year of age ... 16 19 3 5 8 7 18 16 8 100 Infantile Mortality Rate per 1000 Births ... 59 no 39 76 60 26 95 90 54 65 Small-pox 3 3 5 5 7 4 2 1 • • 30 Diphtheria 7 ... . . . 2 1 3 4 4 2 23 Q W Scarlet Fever 37 30 14 17 10 21 28 17 22 196 H « Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers ... 1 • . • 2 • • • ... .. . 2 5 10 O w « Erysipelas 6 4 2 3 10 3 3 10 1 42 Pneumonia 22 45 14 29 42 24 65 57 25 323 w cn Chicken Pox ... 74 52 20 19 7 91 67 149 90 569 < W (/} Encephalitis Lethargica 1 1 1 3 . . . • • • 1 2 1 10 HH ft Dysentery ... ... ... . . • ... 1 ... ... . • 1 C/} “ Malaria • • • . . • . . • . • • . • c • • • • . . • • • 1 1 P o Measles 77 43 31 34 68 45 48 46 62 454 H U German Measles 13 23 11 12 5 5 5 4 4 82 W •z. Puerperal Fever . • • • • • ... ... 1 »« • • • • • • • • • 1 H-1 Puerperal Pyrexia ... 3 1 ... ... ... « « • • • • ... • • • 4 o Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1 1 . . . ... 3 1 6 2 14 C/) w Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Males 10 13 6 3 7 14 16 12 6 87 l/i < (J Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Females ... 13 11 5 7 11 9 13 14 7 90 Other forms of Tuberculosis, Males 6 1 2 1 . . • 3 4 1 4 22 > Other forms of Tuberculosis, Females 6 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 20 Small-pox . • • • • • • • • • • • ... • • • Measles 1 • • • • • • 1 • • • 2 Scarlet Fever 1 • • • 1 2 4 Whooping Cough 1 ... • • • 1 2 Diphtheria 2 1 « • • • • • 3 Typhoid Fever ... ... • * • • * • • • . [ Erysipelas 1 1 1 1 • • • • • • 4 in !t: Influenza 1 • • • . • • ... 1 2 » * • 2 6 H ] Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 yrs) 2 1 • • * 2 1 2 1 ... 9 w ft Tuberculosis, Respiratory ... 4 6 6 1 11 5 7 13 6 59 Tuberculosis, Other forms ... 3 3 • * » * • • • * • 4 4 5 2 21 Bronchitis 7 11 4 8 4 9 4 5 10 62 Pneumonia 7 12 8 10 6 9 16 9 8 85 Malignant Disease 7 4 4 7 6 11 8 8 6 61 Diseases of Circulatory System 17 18 9 13 4 17 25 11 11 125 Nephritis and Bright’s Disease 2 4 4 5 2 1 1 3 • • • 22