[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City.

Sheffield (England). City Council.

Date:: 1941

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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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TABLE VIII.—Deaths of Sheffield Residents in the Year 1941 Classified according to Disease, Sex and Age-Periods. Cause of Death Sex All Ages 0— 1— 2— 5— 15— 26— 36— 45— 55— 65— 75— All Causes. M 3602 286 50 69 67 101 135 213 364 723 941 652 F 2981 209 27 60 67 106 148 162 224 487 673 819 Totals — 0583 494 77 129 134 206 283 375 588 1212 1614 1471 1. Typhoid and Para- M _ _ __ _ typhoid Fevers F 1 — — -- _ 1 _ _ _ _ _ -; 2. Cerebro-Spinal Fever M ■ 25 2 7 6 1 _ 2 O 3 1 1 — F 24 3 4 6 8 _ 1 . 1 1 _ 3. Scarlet Fever M — — — — — — — — — — — — F — — — — _ — . _ _ _ _ — 4. Whooping Cough ... M 17 8 4 4 1 — _ _ _ — — — F 13 6 2 6 — — _ _ _ _ _ — 5. Diphtheria . M 24 1 1 13 9 — — — — — — -- F 31 — __ 13 18 _ _ _ _ _ _ — 6. Tuberculosis of Res- M 189 — _ — 1 23 37 37 36 41 12 2 piratory System F 105 — 1 — 2 32 30 17 9 9 4 1 7. Other Forms of M 26 6 5 8 3 1 1 1 1 _ _ — Tuberculosis F 27 3 1 5 4 6 2 2 2 2 _ — 8. Syphilitic Diseases... M 25 _ — — 2 1 — O 7 7 5 1 F 6 — _ — _ 1 - 1 2 2 — 9. Influenza . M 21 1 1 1 _ 1 1 2 1 0 6 2 F 17 — _ 1 _ _ _ 3 _ 4 2 7 10. Measles . M 2 2 — — — — — — — — — F 3 — _ 2 1 _ _ _ _ — — — 11. Acute poliomyelitis M 2 — _ — 2 — __ _ _ — — — and F polioencephalitis 12. Acute infectious M 9 — _ — _ 1 3 2 1 — — Encephalitis F 8 — — — — — 3 1 2 1 1 — 13. Cancer of buccal M 38 — _ — _ — — _ 2 16 14 6 cavity and oesoph- F 58 — — — — — 1 9 9 25 12 2 agus (M) uterus (F) 14. Cancer of Stomach M 88 — — — — — 2 5 18 26 28 10 and duodenum F 51 — — — _ — — 1 4 14 24 8 15. Cancer of Breast ... M — — _ — _ — —, — — — — -- F 71 — _ — _ -- 3 9 13 22 17 7 16. Cancer of all other M 283 — — 2 -- 1 6 19 30 90 100 35 sites F 182 — — — 1 ’ 3 4 15 26 49 42 42 17. Diabetes . M 17 — _ — _ 1 — — 2 6 6 2 F 24 — — — — — -- 4 — 7 10 3 18. Intra-cranial ^fescu- M 275 — _ — _ — 4 2 9 72 114 74 lar lesions (Cerebral F 296 — — — — 1 1 2 14 67 98 113 hsemorrhage, etc.) 19. Heart Diseases M 784 — — — 2 15 10 29 72 156 282 218 F 717 — _ — 6 5 16 21 53 126 218 272 20. Other diseases of M 241 — — — — — — 1 2 26 79 134 circulatory system F 244 — — — -- — 1 6 14 59 164 21. Bronchitis . M 324 8 3 3 2 2 3 8 35 97 95 68 F 192 8 2 1 3 4 2 5 10 26 56 75 22. Pneumonia . M 250 59 13 8 6 4 4 17 25 53 43 18 F 159 46 6 6 — 2 7 5 10 22 34 21 23. Other Respiratory M 41 — — — — 5 2 3 9 14 7 1 diseases F 24 — 1 — -- — 1 2 2 4 7 7 24. Ulcer of stomach or M 48 — — — — 2 4 6 11 16 9 1 duodenum F 11 — — — — — — 1 — 3 6 1 26. Enteritis and M 42 34 3 — 1 — — 2 — 1 1 — Diarrhoea F 31 24 — 2 — 1 2 — — 1 — 1 26. Appendicitis. M 10 — — — 3 2 1 2 1 —■ 1 —■ F 5 — — 1 — 2 1 — — — 1 — 27. Other digestive dis- M 60 10 1 2 — — 1 2 7 6 17 14 eases F 44 3 2 3 1 1 — 4 3 6 13 8 28. Nephritis . M 73 -- — — 1 2 2 7 16 11 22 12 F 86 1 — — -- 3 6 6 16 20 18 17 29. Puerperal and post- M abortive infections F 3 — — — — — 3 — — — — — (Sepsis &c) 30.*Othor Maternal M causes F 9 — — - . — 1 5 3 — — — — 31. Premature Birth ... M 73 73 F 49 49 32. Congenital malform- M 75 65 4 3 2 — — — — 1 — — ations, birth injuries F 54 50 -- — 1 1 1 1 — — — — infantile diseases ... 33. Suicide . M 23 — — — — — 2 2 4 8 5 2 F 15 _ — — — — 5 1 1 8 — — 34. Road Traffic Acci- M 67 — — 6 7 7 3 5 4 17 14 4 dents F 16 — — 3 1 1 1 2 — 1 7 — 35. Other Violent M 264 6 3 9 20 19 34 43 47 38 33 12 causes F 249 7 2 9 16 31 44 30 26 29 27 29 36. All other causes M 186 12 3 4 4 14 14 13 20 19 47 36 F 1 156 9 6 3 5 9 10 16 16 24 17 41 * Item 30 includes one death from abortion. Such deaths are disregarded in producing the Maternal Mortality Rate,