[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City.

  • Sheffield (England). City Council
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Town Hall, ShEFFIP]LI). July, 1935. To THE ChAIRM.\N and MEMBERS OF 'FHE Hi<>LTH COMMITTEE. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I beg to present herewith my Annual Report on the health of the City foi- the year 1934. The general death rate for the City was a favourable one. It was lower than in the previous year and again lower than the rate for England and Wales. The Infant Mortality rate was the lowest ever recorded for Sheffield and for the second year in succession it was lowei- than the rate for England and Wales. Mortality from the infectious diseases was comparatively low during the year with the exception of Diphtheria which was higher than for several years past. The high mortality rate from Diphtheria was general throughout the country. With regard to the mortality from Cancer, a still higher rate has unfortunately to be recorded. The Maternal Mortality rate Avas high in comparison with the past four years and so long as a high incidence of death due to Abortion continues, no improvement can be expected. The hospital services were maintained Avith efficiency throughout the year. The hospital accommodation for infectious diseases was under great strain owing to a concurrent epidemic of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria although no delay was experienced in dealing Avith eases of Diphtheria notAvithstanding that a larger number of cases Avere treated in the Hospital than ever before. The ncAv Out-patient Department at the (hty General Plospital, together AA’ith a new operating theatre and a new maternity block, also an addition to the Nurses' Home, were opened in October by the Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Hilton Young, Minister of Health. This completes a scheme inaugurated by the Sheffield Municipal and Voluntary Hospitals Joint Advisory Committee for the extension of the hospital services of the City. The AAmrk of the Maternity and Child Welfare Centre and the Ante-natal Clinic has been further extended during the year by the provision of additional sessions. The Domiciliary Midwifery Service for necessitous cases, inaugurated in 1932, Avhich is noAv regarded as a very valuable part of the Maternity and Child Welfare scheme in Sheffield, has been found to Avork very satisfactorily. The number of cases dealt Avith during the year again considerably increased.