[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City.

  • Sheffield (England). City Council
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tuberculosis Tuberculos is , Tube rculos is, Y 0 a rs. of the Xungs Other ' forms, -ill forms. Total. Malo. Pemale <= Mali.e * Pema le, Male , PemaO.e. 10] 1 359 198 96 . -70 455 268 725 1912 412 185 ICA 78 516 261 V.l 1915 387 198 111 78 498 276 774 799 IQli 39b 211 114 78 510 289 1915 422 O'T'^ 93 98 520 329 849 1910 125 212 120 73 545 285 850 1917 417 248 111 90 528 533 866 1913 409 2S4 115 % 524 341 865 1910 286 18b 71 357 242 599 1920 293 169 54 74 347 243 590 It wil], be notioed that - T ; the increased pr' evalence of fjIoercua.0sis of tho Lungs during the War which affi ected females more than males has now dis appeared. Career, Bi’onchi tis an.d Pneumo.nia. - The following ■ table shows the doauha auor.g Lrales and :fe.malaa during 1920 and the five previous years fro . Cancer, .Bronchitis end Pneumonia, which are three of the other prijicipal causes of death. fhe extraordinary figures for Pneumonia in J.9 18 were due to tho Influenza epi • demic. Cancer. Bronchitis. Pneumonia. Yoar. M 0 Pc To t al. M, .Yo Total . M. P. 'Total. 1915 182 248 450 594 295 639 541 582 19]-b 214 287 501 406 524 750 475 535 806 1^17 211 275 484 355 520 653 521 271 792 1918 215 276 489 399 351 750 801 702 1505 1019 225 227 452 540 560 700 420 282 702 /. Average 262 394 945 for 5 yrvs209 471 574 530 704 554 1920 254 267 521 548 281 629 490 294 784 Infant Mortal ity- The number of deat hs of Infants under onti jrear of age was 1,560 as compared with 999 tn 1919 ‘ Tho numb ei' of b i rth a uoglstered in 19CO was 15^86 as compa •red vd th 10.41b i.n 1919 . Ths Inf an .t Mortality is usuall y 10 corded as the numb3 3.’ of d e at,hs 0 ociirri under the ag e cf twelve m.o nths per 1, 000 hi rths regie tered d uring Th same period, and the rate for 1920 calculat, ed in thi.s .man.ner is IGt f 3 j. , )00 111 bhe. This is nGzrt, i'. 0 tb e low0 nt on rsco rd, the ].ov7est 95 for 1919 9 / Peat hs c f infants occnoTing bofor e the first month of 1/ •. c r cached n^umbe od r/500. This gives C X dC' of 38 po::- 1,000 births