[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City.

  • Sheffield (England). City Council
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS. Special Features.—The birth rate of 15-5 per 1,000 for the year 1941, which exceeded that of England and Wales, was the same as the 1940 City rate. The general death rate of 13-6 per 1,000 was lower than in 1940 but higher than the England and Wales rate. The Infant Mortality rate of 67 per 1,000 births showed an increase from the year 1940 and was also higher than that of England and Wales. As regards the death rate from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System there was an appreci¬ able decrease from the previous year’s rate but the death rate for Other Forms of Tuberculosis increased slightly. The death rate of children under two years of age from Enteritis and Diarrhoea was higher than in 1940 and it also exceeded the rate for England and Wales for the first time since the year 1936. The measles attack rate and death rate were both low ones. There was one death in the Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers group during the year. It was a death from Paratyphoid Fever. There were no deaths from Scarlet Fever. The sickness incidence of Diphtheria was more pronounced during 1941 and the mortality rate increased somewhat perceptibly from the 1940 rate. The death rate from Whooping Cough, which slightly exceeded that of England and Wales, was a higher rate than has been recorded for this disease since the year 1936. There was little change in the high incidence rate from Cerebro-Spinal Fever, although there was a marked falling off in the death rate. The maternal mortality rate was lower than in the year 1940 and was also lower than the England and Wales rate. Mortality from Cancer was practically unchanged from the previous year’s figure and the rate was lower than the England and Wales rate. The death rates from Influenza, Pneumonia and Bronchitis were all less than the rates for the year 1940. Area.—The total area of the City at 31st December, 1941, was 39,587 acres. Population.—The Registrar General’s estimate of the civilian population of the City for the year 1941 was 483,320, and this figure, in accordance with directions of the Ministry of Health, is employed in the calculation of the Birth Rates and Death Rates in this Report. Marriages.—The number of marriages in 1941 was 5,374 and the marriage rate (or persons married per 1,000 of the population) was 22-2, as against 25-2 in 1940. The 1941 rate exceeded the England and Wales rate, which was 18-7 per 1,000. It wMl be seen, too, from the table below, that the average Sheffield rate for the quinquennium 1936 to 1940 also exceeded the average rate of England and Wales. TABLE I.—Marriages and Marriage Rates in Sheffield and in England and Wales, years 1936 to 1940 and year 1941. Year. Total Number of Persons Married per 1,000 of the population. Marriages in Sheffield. Sheffield. England and Wales. 1936 5,094 19-7 17-4 1937 5,049 19-5 17-5 1938 5,179 19-9 17-6 1939 6,047 23-2 21-2 1940 6,248 25-2 22-6 Average (Quinquennium 5,523 21 -5 19-3 1936-1940) 1941 5,374 22-2 18-7 Live Births.—There were 7,281 live births registered in the City in 1941. Records of births transferable inwards and outwards are not now furnished by the Registrar General, but two separate figures are provided by him of net births allocated to the City. The first, which is for
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