[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City.

  • Sheffield (England). City Council
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS. Special, Features.—The birth rate for the year 1937 which exceeded that of England and Wales, was higher than for any year since 1929 and showed an increase for the fourth successive year. The general death rate was slightly higher than in 1936 and for the third successive year was slightly above the England and Wales rate. There was a reduction in the Infant Mortality rate from the year 1936, and the rate was below that of England and Wales. As regards both Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System and Tuberculosis (All Forms) there were increases from the record low death rates of the year 1936. Shefheld’s satis¬ factory position in the list of large towns was again well maintained, however, only four towns having lower Respiratory and All Forms rates. The mortality rate among Children under two years of age from Diarrhoeal diseases was lower than in 1936, and was below the rate for England and Wales. There were no deaths from Typhoid Fever during the year. There were no deaths from Scarlet Fever, and the sickness incidence showed a very considerable reduction from the year year 1936. The prevalence of Diphtheria was less pronounced during 1937, and the mortality rate showed a considerable reduction, from the 1936 rate. The mortality rate from Puerperal Causes was lower than in the year 1936 and did not greatly exceed the England and Wales rate. There was a decrease in the mortality from Cancer from the previous year’s figure and the rate was lower than the England and Wales rate. The mortality from Influenza was the highest since the year 1933 and the rate was higher than that of England and Wales. Area.—The total area of the City at 31st December, 1937 was 39,584 acres. Population.—The Registrar General’s mid-year estimate of the population of the City for 1937 was 518,200. The City population estimate, year by year, is given in Table I. on page 24. Marriages.—The number of marriages in 1937 was 5,049 and the marriage rate was 19-5 as against 19-7 in 1936, this latter rate being the highest since 1920. Table III. on page 25 gives marriages and marriage rates for Sheffield and for England and Wales in quinquennia since 1922, and it will be seen that the averages of the Sheffield rates for the last two quinquennia given exceed those of England and Wales, as also does the rate for the year 1937.
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