[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City.

  • Sheffield (England). City Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE IV.—Infant Mortality, Sheffield and: England and Wales, since the year 1923. Infant Mortality Infant Mortality Year Sheffield England and Wales Year Sheffield England and Wales 1923 90 69 1933 63 64 1924 90 75 1934 55 59 1925 85 75 1935 52 57 1926 79 70 1936 59 59 1927 91 70 1937 55 58 1928 73 65 1938 50 53 1929 88 74 1939 48 50 1930 67 60 1940 55 56 1931 69 66 1941 67 59 1932 73 65 1942 49 49 In the table which follows in regard to infant mortality are given particulars of the deaths of infants in the year 1942, classified according to causes of death and the various age groups under one year of age. Premature birth continued to be responsible for the largest numbers of the deaths of infants. TABLE V.—Infant Mortality ; Deaths in the year 1942 from stated causes at various ages under One Year. Causes of Death Under 1 week 1-2 weeks j 2-3 weeks 3-4 weeks Total under 4 weeks 4 weeks and under 3 months 3 months and under 6 months 6 months and under 9 months 9 months and ! under 12 months Total deaths under 1 year Measles 2 1 2 1 6 Whooping Cough • •• ... i 1 4 ... 1 ... 6 Diphtheria ... 1 1 ... ... 1 . . . 2 Influenza ... ... ... • • • ... ... ... . , Tuberculosis of Respiratory System ... ... ... ... 1 . • • ... 1 Tuberculous Meningitis ... ... . . . • .. 2 • • • 2 Tuberculosis of Intestines and Peritoneum ... ... ... • • • ... Other Tuberculous Diseases ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 2 Syphilis ... ... • • • . • • • • • . . . . • • ... Meningitis (not Tuberculous) ... ... ... ... ... 2 2 1 5 Convulsions 3 ... 3 ... 1 ... ... 4 Bronchitis 1 i i 3 4 5 1 1 14 Pneumonia 3 ... 2 i 6 15 16 8 9 54 Enteritis and Diarrhoea 1 2 2 5 10 8 6 3 32 Hernia, Intestinal Obstruction ... ... ... ... 1 o 1 ... 4 Congenital Malformations 13 9 2 4 28 6 5 3 2 44 Congenital Debility 7 2 ... 1 10 8 ... 1 19 Icterus 2 ... ... ... 2 1 • » • ... 3 Premature Birth 92 3 3 3 101 6 1 ... 108 Injury at Birth ... 7 2 • • • ... 9 ... ... ... 9 Atelectasis 15 1 ... ... 16 2 ... ... 18 Suffocation, Overlying... • • • ... 2 2 4 8 3 2 17 Other Causes 10 5 1 3 19 6 8 2 3 38 All Causes 152 24 14 18 208 73 53 32 22 388 Neo-Natal Mortality.—Deaths of infants occurring within the first four weeks of life numbered 208, giving a neo-natal mortality rate of 26 per 1,000 live births as against a rate of 32 per 1,000 in 1941. The neo-natal deaths in 1942 comprise 54 per cent of the total deaths of children under one year of age as against 47 per cent in 1941. Pregnancy, Child Birth and the Puerperal State.—There were 177 cases of Puerperal Pyrexia notified during the year 1942 and the incidence rate, calculated per 1,000 total (live and still) births, was 21 -59 as against a rate of 14-12 in 1941. The 1942 death rate from Puerperal Sepsis