[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City.

  • Sheffield (England). City Council
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bronchitis.—The mortality in the sexes during 1923 and the quinquennium 1918-22 is set out in the table below :— TABLE E.—Bronchitis Mortality. Year. Deaths. Rate per 1,000 Males. Females Totals. 1918 399 351 750 1-60 1919 340 360 700 1 -48 1920 348 281 629 1-28 1921 289 273 562 112 1922 279 228 ,507 0-97 Average for 5 years 331 299 6.30 1-29 1923 235 220 455 0-87 Cancer.—The mortality from Cancer in the sexes during 1923 and the previous five years is set out below — TABLE F.-—Cancer Mortality. Year. Deaths. Rate per 1,000. Males. Females. Totals. 1918 213 276 489 104 1919 225 227 4.52 0-95 1920 2.54 267 521 1-08 1921 280 302 582 M6 1922 286 329 615 1-18 Average for 5 years 252 280 .532 1-08 1923 296 325 621 1-19 This increase in Cancer is shared with the rest of the United Kingdom, although in Sheffield the mortality rate is somewhat lower. It is partly accounted for by the reduced death rate which results in an increased number of persons reaching the age periods over 40 when Cancer is most prevalent. There is also no doubt earlier and more accurate diagnosis of cancerous conditions. It is generally agreed, however, that there is an actual increase in the prevalence of Cancer which has not as yet been accounted for. Tuberculous Diseases.—The death rate from Tuberculous Diseases declined steadily from 1901 to 1910, but diming the next four years there was a setback in the decline ; and during the years of the War there was a decided tendency to increase. There was again a marked dechne in 1919, and the improvement has been maintained. The death rates from all Tuberculous Diseases durmg the last 20 years were as follows :— 1903 .. 211 1910 1-39 1917 .. 1-82 1904 1-88 1911 1-59 1918 1-84 1905 1-64 1912 1-67 1919 1-28 1906 1-52 1913 1-64 1920 M9 1907 1-70 19]4 1-68 1921 1-24 1908 1-78 1915 1-78 1922 1-22 1909 1-57 1916 1-73 1923 1-03 The deaths from Tuberculosis of the Lung alone gave a rate of O-So per 1,000 living during 1923. The average for the quinquennium 1918-1922 was 1-07.