[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City.

  • Sheffield (England). City Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS. Special Features.—The birth rate for the year 1936, which exceeded that of England and Wales, was higher than for any year since 1929 and showed an increase for the third successive year. The general death rate was slightly higher than in 1935 and for the second successive year was slightly above the England and Wales rate. The Infant Mortality rate increased from the record low figure for 1935, but it did not exceed the rate for England and Wales. The low death rates from Tuberculosis, as regards both Respiratory System and All Forms, constituted new records and Sheffield’s satisfactory position in the list of large towns was again well maintained as regards all forms of Tuberculosis, only two towns having lower rates. The mortality rate among Children under two years of age from Diarrhoeal diseases was higher than in 1935, but remained below the figure for England and Wales. There were two deaths from Typhoid Fever. The mortality rate from Scarlet Fever remained low, and the sickness incidence showed a very considerable reduction from the year 1935. The epidemic prevalence of Diphtheria continued during 1936, and the mortality rate was the highest since 1915. The mortality rate from Puerperal Causes was lower than in the year 1935 and did not greatly exceed the England and Wales rate. There was an increase in the mortality from Cancer over the previous year’s figures and the rate was the highest on record for the city, although it was practically the same as the figure for England and Wales. The mortality from Influenza was again low and was again below the rate for England and Wales. Area—The total area of the City as extended on 1st April, 1934, is 39,584 acres. Population.—The Registrar General’s mid-year estimate of the population of the City for 1936 was 518,200. The City population estimate, year by year, is given in Table 1. Marriages.—The number of marriages in 1936 was 5,094 and the marriage rate of 19‘7 was the highest since 1920. Table III on page 25 gives marriages and marriage rates for Sheffield and for England and Wales since 1921, and it will be seen that the averages of the Sheffield rates for the last two quinquennia given exceed those of England and Wales, ns also does the rate for the year 1936.