[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham County Borough.

  • Rotherham (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In the following table the causes of death at different perids of life, as supplied by the Registrar General, are given for the year 1954. 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 879. Cause of death Mi \LES Fe MAL ES Total 0- 1- 5- 15- 25- 45- 65- 75- Total 0- 1- 5- 15- 25- 45- 65- 75- Total Tuberculosis, respiratory 2 4 2 1 9 4 4 13 Tuberculosis, other Syphilitic disease Diphtheria .. — Whooping cough .. 1 1 Meningococcal infections.. Acute poliomyelitis Measles Other infective and parasitic diseases .. 1 1 Malignant neoplasm, stomach .. _ _ _ 1 5 9 4 19 _ _ 1 2 4 7 26 Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus 15 10 3 28 _ ^„ mm 2 2 30 Malignant neoplasm, breast - 1 4 2 3 10 10 Malignant neoplasm, uterus - — 3 1 3 7 7 Other malignant and lym¬ phatic neoplasms _ . 1 12 16 19 48 . _ 1 1 3 9 10 10 34 82 Leukaemia, aleukaemia .. — — — — — — 1 — 1 — 1 — — — — — 1 2 3 Diabetes .. 1 1 — — — — - 1 1 1 3 4 Vascular lesions of nervous system _ 13 22 19 54 MM MM 6 21 26 53 107 Coronary disease, angina .. — — — — 4 33 24 22 83 — — — — — 11 21 13 45 128 Hypertension with heart disease __ _ . 2 6 6 14 — _ •M 2 2 4 8 22 Other heart disease 1 — — — 6 5 17 25 54 — — — 1 6 9 11 38 65 119 Other circulatory disease.. — — — 1 1 6 5 9 22 — — — — 2 3 8 21 34 56 Influenza .. 1 1 1 Pneumonia 4 — — — 1 2 4 7 18 3 — — — - — 4 6 13 31 Bronchitis .. — — — — 1 8 16 19 44 — — — — 1 1 9 12 23 67 Other diseases of the res¬ piratory system __ _ _ 1 _ __ 2 1 4 1 — — Ml 1 2 6 Ulcer of stomach and duodenum m. mmm 5 1 2 8 — mmm — 1 2 1 4 12 Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea.. _. mmm 1 1 _ MM r _ 1 1 2 Nephritis and nephrosis .. 1 1 - — — 1 1 3 — — 5 6 Hyperplasia of prostate .. 1 3 4 4 Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion 3 3 Congenital malformations.. 3 1 4 3 3 7 Other defined and ill- defined diseases 11 _ 2 1 3 11 5 7 40 3 1 2 2 8 3 24 43 83 Motor vehicle accidents — — 1 1 — — 1 — 3 — — — — — 1 1 1 3 6 All other accidents — 1 3 2 2 4 2 5 19 — — 1 — — 1 2 5 9 28 Suicide .. — — — 1 3 3 1 1 9 — — — — 1 2 2 — 5 14 Homicide and operations of war — Total—all causes 20 2 6 8 24 129 145 155 489 10 2 3 5 24 67 104 175 390 879