[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City.

  • Sheffield (England). City Council
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Infant Mortality.—The number of deaths of Infants under one year of age was 468 as compared wTith 400 in 1935. The record low Infant Mortality Rate of 52 per 1,000 live births in 1935 thus rose to 59 per 1,000 in 1936. In the following Table are given the Infant Mortality Rates for Sheffield and for England and Wales during the past 20 years. It will be noted that Sheffield’s figure for the three years prior to 1936 was below the England and Wales rate, and that the two rates for the year 1936 are identical. TABLE I.— Infant Mortality. Year Infant ]V Sheffield tortality England and Wales Excess over England and Wales Rate Year Infant IV Sheffield lortality England and Wales Excess over England and Wales Rate 1917 104 96 8 1927 91 70 21 1918 128 97 31 1928 73 65 8 1919 96 89 7 1929 88 74 14 1920 104 80 24 1930 67 60 7 1921 99 83 16 1931 69 66 3 1922 82 77 5 1932 73 65 8 1923 90 69 21 1933 63 64 1 below 1924 90 75 15 1934 55 59 4 „ 1925 85 75 10 1935 52 57 5 „ 1926 79 70 9 1936 59 59 — Table J which follows gives details of the causes of death of Infants under one year of age for a period of ten years, and during this time a marked decline is shown in most of the causes. There were certain increases however from 1935 to 1936. The Measles and Whooping Cough mortality rates alternate annually between high and low and these diseases were thus responsible for more deaths in 1936 than in the previous year. There was also an increase in the number of deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis and from Pneumonia. There has been no death from Scarlet Fever among infants since 1929'. TABLE J.—Infant Mortality from stated causes, years 1927—1936. Cause of Death Number of Deaths 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 Measles ... 6 23 4 16 1 8 1 5 2 7 Scarlet Fever ... 1 1 Whooping Cough 56 4 20 h 18 23 6 15 3 18 Diphtheria Tuberculosis of Respiratory 1 4 2 ... ... ... 1 2 ... ... System . • . • • • • • • ... ... ... . . . 1 ... 1 Tuberculous Meningitis 7 7 10 5 4 4 ... 1 1 1 Abdominal Tuberculosis 1 3 1 1 1 1 Other Tuberculous Diseases ... 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 Influenza 17 4 17 9 10 5 2 3 Bronchitis 59 29 42 17 33 30 22 7 11 10 Pneumonia (ail forms)... 136 98 169 61 104 109 79 55 70 87 Diarrhoea and Enteritis 61 56 44 45 36 33 36 26 26 41 Syphilis ... 6 8 2 1 2 6 1 3 2 1 Congenital Malformations 46 42 35 34 38 33 34 52 31 38 Premature Birth 184 186 175 160 157 140 125 139 142 148 Congenital Debility 52 44 51 35 30 25 22 8 23 22 Other Causes ... 141 113 122 133 101 121 118 99 88 89 Totals 774 619 698 522 533 543 454 416 400 468
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