[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham County Borough.
- Rotherham (England). County Borough Council
- Date:
- 1927
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![In the subsequent table the vital statistics of the Borough in relation to the various Wards are shown :— ]--———*----- East Ward St. Ann’s Ward Clifton Ward South Ward West Ward North Ward Thorn¬ hill Ward Mas- bro’ Ward Kimber- worth Ward Total 1927 Estimated population 12588 8975 5680 6060 5246 7537 7358 7695 8941 70080 dumber of houses 2830 2018 1277 1362 1179 1694 1654 1730 2010 15754 Acreage 742.016 121.500 519.228 430.500 563.000 300.000 197.300 411.300 2878.961 5893.805 density of houses per acre 3.81 16.62 2.46 3.16 2.09 5.65 8.38 4.21 .70 2.67 Density of population per acre 16.96 73.89 10.94 14.08 9.32 25-13 37.29 18.71 3.11 11.90 Births—- Legitimate 244 143 75 59 141 268 157 150 149 1386 Illegitimate 5 11 1 — 25 14 7 5 1 69 Total 249 154 76 59 166 282 164 155 150 1455 Birthrate 19.78 17.16 13.38 9.74 31.64 37.41 22.28 20.14 16.78 20.76 Deaths— Gross 118 124 116 75 175 92 119 151 87 1057 Outward transfers 2 1 49 1 97 1 — 3 1 155 Inward transfers 5 7 2 2 5 5 6 3 6 41 Nett 121 130 69 76 S3 96 125 151 92 943 Death rate 9.61 14.48 12.14 12.54 15.82 12.74 16.98 19.63 10.29 13.46 Sett deaths under 1 year of age 27 14 6 7 11 11 18 24 13 131 infantile mortality rate per 1000 births ... 108 91 79 119 66 39 110 155 87 90 Small-pox 17 o -—- 5 — 1 ■- 1 1 27 Diphtheria 18 35 19 8 2 9 5 3 5 104 Q Scarlet fever 32 30 14 12 7 19 18 16 26 174 W H Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers ... — —- — — — — — 1 2 3 O fX Erysipelas 9 10 6 9 13 1 6 7 2 63 W K Pneumonia 89 109 34 40 78 38 101 63 54 606 W Chicken-pox ... 127 105 33 29 66 24 60 16 18 478 < w Encephalitis lethargica — 1 — — 1 1 — — — 3 if) . M Cerebro-spinal fever ... — — — — — 1 — — — 1 Malaria 1 — — — •- 1 — -- -- 2 b o Measles 508 293 128 123 144 232 354 285 88 2155 H German measles 10 10 10 6 1 4 3 — -- 44 U w Puerperal fever 1 — -— — ■— — — ■- — 1 £ U—1 Puerperal pyrexia 1 1 — 2 1 4 2 1 1 13 o Ophthalmia neonatorum -—- — -— 2 1 1 1 2 -— 7 cn Pemphigus neonatorum 1 1 -— — — — 4 1 — 7 W cn < Pulmonary tuberculosis— Males 15 8 4 13 6 11 17 14 9 97 (O Females 14 11 5 4 9 9 8 7 5 72 Other forms of tuberculosis—Males 4 3 ■— — 2 2 1 4 1 17 Females 7 3 1 1 5 — 3 4 1 25 - Small-pox — — — •- — — -- — -- — Measles 1 — — •— 3 1 4 5 2 16 Scarlet fever — — — — •— •- — — 1 1 Whooping cough 9 1 1 1 1 3 4 6 ■— 26 Diphtheria 6 4 6 — — — — 1 — 17 Typhoid fever — — — — — — ■— 1 — 1 Erysipelas — — — — 1 ■—- — — — 1 K Influenza 2 7 2 5 4 2 10 2 5 39 < W Diarrhoea and enteritis (under 2 yrs) 3 1 — — 1 1 1 1 — 8 Tuberculosis—respiratory ... 5 11 2 5 3 15 12 10 3 66 other forms ... 2 1 2 2 1 ■— 3 3 1 15 Bronchitis 10 10 3 7 8 9 7 5 4 63 Pneumonia 19 19 9 11 10 7 21 24 17 137 Malignant disease 7 15 7 7 6 11 8 12 9 82 Diseases of circulatory system 9 19 3 13 6 8 14 16 4 92](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30042598_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
