[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City.

  • Sheffield (England). City Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Sheffield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE V.—Infant Mortality ; Deaths in the year 1937 from stated causes at various ages under One Year. 1 Causes of Death U 'XS c 1.2 weeks. 1 2-3 weeks. j 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. 1 9 months and j under 12 months. j Total deaths 1 under 1 year. SmaU-Pox Chicken-Pox • • • • . • . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Measles ... . •. ... . . . 1 1 1 ... 1 ... 3 Scarlet Fever • • • ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Whooping Cough . ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 2 Diphtheria ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Influenza ... . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System ... ... . . . . . . ... ... ... ... 1 ... 1 Tuberculosis of Nervous System Tuberculosis of Intestines and Peri- ... ... ... ... . . . 1 . . . . . . 6 7 toneum ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Other Tuberculous Diseases ... •«• ... . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... S3^hihs. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Meningitis (not Tuberculous). ... ... ... ... '4 ... 2 2 ... 4 Convulsions 1 1 2 ... 3 1 ... ... 8 Bronchitis ... 1 . . ... 1 1 1 1 . . . 4 Pneumonia 3 3 3 1 10 20 17 18 28 93 Inflammation of Stomach .. . . . . ... . . ... ... ... ... ... Diarrhoea and Enteritis . • . . . . 1 1 4 7 6 7 25 Rickets ... .. . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Hernia, Intestinal Obstruction ] . . . ... .. 1 2 ... 1 4 Congenital Malformations . 17 2 4 2 25 io 7 2 ... 44 Congenital Debdity 2 4 1 1 8 5 2 2 ... 17 Icterus ... 2 1 . . . . . . 3 ... ... ... ... 3 Premature Birth 122 13 7 5 147 5 1 ... ... 153 Injury at Birth ... 8 ... ... ... 8 ... ... ... ... 8 Diseases of Umbilicus ... . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 Atelectasis 15 ... . . . . . . 15 1 ... ... ... Suffocation, Overlying. . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . 1 3 ... 1 5 Other Causes 16 1 3 1 21 6 3 5 3 38 All Causes 187 26 20 12 245 58 46 39 49 *437 * The 437 deaths correspond to an Infant Mortality rate of 55 per 1,000 Live Births.