[Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City.

  • Sheffield (England). City Council.
Date:
1928
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Credit: [Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cancer.—The mortality from Cancer in the sexes during 1928 and the previous five years is set out below :— TABLE F.—Cancer Mortality. Year Deaths Rate per 1,000 Males Females Totals 1923 296 325 621 1-19 1924 339 314 653 1-24 1925 361 336 697 1-32 1926 316 306 622 1-19 1927 392 336 728 1-39 Average for 5 years 341 323 664 1-26 1928 337 369 706 1-37 Tuberculous Diseases.—The death rate from Tuberculous Diseases declined steadily from 1901 to 1910, but during the next four years there was a setback in the decline ; and during the years of the War there was a decided tendency to increase. There was again a marked dechne in 1919, and the improvement has been maintained. The death rates from all Tuberculous Diseases during 1928 and the previous 20 years were as follows :— 1908 ... 1-78 1915 1909 ... 1-57 1916 1910 ... 1-39 1917 1911 ... 1-59 1918 1912 ... 1-67 1919 1913 ... 1-64 1920 1914 ... 1-68 1921 1-78 1922 ... 1-22 1-73 1923 ... 1-03 1-82 1924 ... 1-02 1-84 1925 ... 0-99 1-28 1926 ... 0-93 1-19 1927 ... 0-89 1-24 1928 ... 0-94 The deaths from Tuberculosis of the Lung alone gave a rate of 0*75 per 1,000 living during 1928. The average for the quinquennium 1923-1927 was 0-78. The following shows sex mortality during 1928 and the previous 10 years ;— TABLE G.—Tuberculosis Mortality in Sexes. Year Tuberculosis Deaths Total Deaths Respiratory Other Forms All Forms Males Females Males Females Males Females 1918 409 254 115 87 524 341 865 1919 286 186 71 56 357 242 599 1920 293 169 54 74 347 243 590 1921 307 193 64 55 371 248 619 1922 349 188 50 49 399 237 636 1923 265 183 50 41 315 224 539 1924 286 145 60 46 346 191 537 1925 261 156 57 47 318 203 521 1926 243 147 49 46 292 193 485 1927 253 116 39 60 292 176 468 1928 255 129 55 43 310 172 482