[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham County Borough.
- Rotherham (England). County Borough Council
- Date:
- 1952
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![In the following table the causes of death at different periods of life, as supplied by the Registrar General, are given for the year 1952. The inclusion of this is con¬ sidered desirable by the Ministry of Health for the purpose of comparison with the figures for other areas, and relates to deaths registered in the calendar year, which totalled 856. Cause of death Mt \LES Fe VIAL] ES Total 0- 1- 5- 15- 25- 45- 65- 75- Total 0- 1- 5- 15- 25- 45- 65- 75- Total Tuberculosis, respiratory 1 2 5 4 1 13 1 2 1 4 17 Tuberculosis, other — 1 — — — — — — 1 — — — — 1 — — — 1 2 Syphilitic disease — — — — — 2 2 — 4 — — — — — — — 1 1 5 Diphtheria .. 1 1 1 Whooping cough .. — 1 1 1 Meningococcal infections.. Acute poliomyelitis Measles Other infective and parasitic diseases .. Malignant neoplasm, stomach .. . _ 2 10 3 14 19 1 3 7 4 15 34 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus i 16 8 1 26 _ 1 1 1 2 5 31 Malignant neoplasm, breast — — 2 3 3 2 10 10 Malignant neoplasm, uterus | — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 4 2 — 6 6 Other malignant and lym¬ phatic neoplasms _ . 1 _ 5 11 16 16 49 _ _ 1 10 9 10 30 79 Leukaemia, aleukaemia .. — 1 — — — 1 — 1 3 — 2 — — — — — 1 3 6 Diabetes .. — — — — 1 1 1 1 4 — — — — — 1 1 2 4 8 Vascular lesions of nervous system _ _ _ 1 _ 11 18 23 53 ___ _ _ 2 7 23 26 58 111 Coronary disease, angina.. — — — — — 24 20 17 61 — — — — — 4 13 10 27 88 Hypertension with heart disease _ 2 4 4 10 _ 3 2 3 8 18 Other heart disease — — — — 2 11 16 27 56 — — — 1 8 15 10 28 62 118 Other circulatory disease.. — — — — — 5 7 13 25 — — — — — 1 6 10 17 42 Influenza — — — — — 2 2 — 4 — 1 — — — 1 — 2 6 Pneumonia 10 — — — 1 3 5 7 26 3 — — — 1 1 3 5 13 39 Bronchitis .. 1 1 — — — 10 10 14 36 — — — — — 3 6 13 22 58 Other diseases of the res¬ piratory system _ _ .. 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 _ _ 1 3 8 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum 5 1 6 _ 1 1 2 8 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea.. 1 1 1 1 2 Nephritis and nephrosis .. — — — — — 2 4 — 6 — — — — 1 2 — 1 4 10 Hyperplasia of prostate .. — — — — — 1 1 6 8 8 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion Congenital malformations.. 2 1 3 1 1 2 5 Other defined and ill- defined diseases 13 1 2 2 9 8 16 51 11 1 4 5 8 17 46 97 Motor vehicle accidents — 1 — — — 1 — 1 3 — — 3 — — — 1 _ 4 7 All other accidents — 1 — 1 2 2 — 3 9 1 1 1 1 2 — 2 3 11 20 Suicide — — — — 2 3 1 2 8 — — — — 1 — 2 — 3 11 Homicide and operations of war Total—all causes 26 8 3 3 22 138 131 160 491 17 4 7 3 26 66 101 141 365 856](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30042823_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
