[Report 1940-1942] / Scunthorpe Borough.

  • Scunthorpe (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1942
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1940-1942] / Scunthorpe Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TOTAL BIRTHS IN BOROUGH OF SCUNTHORPE. 1940. 1941 ■ 1942. lota] Births . 908 855 882 Rate per 1,000 of Population . 19.65 18.6 5 19.6 Rate per 1,000 in other towns of Population 25,000 to 50,000 15.7 16.4 18.4 Rate per 1,000 (England & Wales) 14.6 14.2 15.8 TOTAL DEATHS IN BOROUGH OF SCUNTHORPE. 1940. 1941 a 1942. Total Deaths .. .. 437 408 391 Rate per 1,000 of Population . 9.56 8.90 8.69“ Rate per 1,000 in other towns of Population 25,000 to 50,000 12.8 13.0 12.1 Rate per 1,000 (England & Wales) 14.3 12.9 11.6 REGISTRAR-GENERAL’S FIGURES FO iR CAUSES OF DEATH DURING 1940 , 1941 and 1942. 1940. 1941. 1942. M. F. T. M. F . T. M. F T 1. 'TypT^^ih & paratyphoid fevers -- _ _ 2. C'erebro-spinal fever .. 4 3 r- / 2 2 1 1 3. Scarlet Fever . 1 1 X 4. Wlioopino; Cou2:li . _ _ 3 -L • 3 1 I 0. Biplitheria . 1 1 1 6. Tuberculosis of respiratory — i system It 11 22 13 5 18 4 7 11 7. Other forms of Tuberculosis o 4 10 2 3 5 2 2 4 8. Syphilitic diseases ... 4 1 5 4 1 5 1 2 3 9. Influenza ... 1 rf i 8 1 9 1 _ 1 10. Measles . 9 _ 9 1 1 11. Acute poliomyelitis & polio-encejflialitis — — — _ — _ 1 — 1 12 Acute infectious encephalitis _ 1 1 _ _ 2 — 2' 13. Oancer of hue. cav. and oesoph: (M) uterus (F) 3 9 4 4 6 10 3 5 8 14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum 0 2 5 2 3 5 6 3 9 15. ( ancer of breast _ 7 rr i _ 3 3 2 2 16. Cancel’ of all other sites ... 14 15 29 16 10 26 32 12 44 17. Diabetes . . >0 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 18. Intracanial vascular lesions 14 23 37 22 27 49 17 22 39 19. Heart Disease _ 46 36 82 54 45 99 54 38 92 20. Other diseases of circulatory system p 7 12 11 5 16 9 2 11 21. Bronchitis ... . . 18 12 30 13 6 19 11 8 19 22. Pneumonia .. . • li 13 24 12 4 16 8 8 16 23. Other res]nratory diseases 4 4 8 3 2 5 6 S y 24. T'lcer of stomach or duodenum z 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 25. Diarrhoea under 2 vears . 2 1 3 1 -- 1 _ 26. Appendicitis ... . 11 1 2 2 2 27. Other digestive diseases .... 4 4 8 3 5 8 1 3 4 28. Nephritis . 3 3 6 5 5 10 5 3 » 29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis - 1 1 — 1 1 _ _ _ 30. Other maternal causes . . 1 1 — 2 2 -- 3 3 31. Premature birth . 5 9 14 9 3 11 3 5 8 32. Congenital malformations, birth injuries, infant diseases « 11 19 7 3 10 5 10 15 33. Suicide . 2 — 2 1 3 4 _ 34. Road traffic accidents . 10 1 11 6 1 7 6 2 8 35. Other violent causes . 19 5 24 15 3 18 17 3 20 36. All other causes .i 25 20 45 18 21 39 23 24 47 234 203 437 234 174 408 221 170 391 —1—