[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham County Borough.

  • Rotherham (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1920. Population.—Estimate, 1920, 72,SCO. Under 5 years, 11 ,CC0 ; 5-15 years, 20,000 (estimated). Births.-—Tetal number registered, 2,023, including 101 illegitimates. Birth-rate per 1,000 population, 27.77. Notifications. —Total number received, 851, including:— Smallpox • 0 • • • • Malaria Scarlet Fever ... 89 Ophthalmia Neonatorum Diphtheria 55 Puerperal Fever ... Enteric Fever ... 5 Pulmonary Tuberculosis Erysipelas 53 Other forms of Tuberculosis Measles ... 458 Dysentry Pneumonia 39 Deaths Total uncorrected « t * 898 Rate 12.33 per 1,000 living. Total corrected ( < » 834 Rate 11.45 per 1,000 living. Under 1 year of age • * • 203 Rate 100 per 1,000 births registered. Causes of Death : Ail Ages, Persons. No. Rate per 1,000 living. Smallpox • • * 9 9 • Measles ... 2 .02 Scarlet Fever ... • • • • • • Whooping Cough 8 .11 Diphtheria 4 .05 Typhoid Fever 2 .02 Erysipelas 1 .01 Diarrhoea 19 .26 Phthisis 50 .68 Tubercular Diseases 8 .11 Cancer ... 52 .71 7 28 7 81 28 1 Respiratory Diseases 179 2.45 Other Diseases ... 511 Pneumonia ... ... 97 Bronchitis ... ... 75 Pleurisy ... ... 2 Other Diseases of the Respiratory System 5