[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Newton Abbot R.D.C.

  • Newton Abbot (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Newton Abbot R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ifcfaton SMwrf §toral district Crrmttil PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, COUNCIL OFFICES, nos. 7t5/6 KINGSTEIGNTON ROAD. Newton Abbot Mr. Chairman and Councillors. Ladies and Gentlemen, X.hog to submit my Annual Report for the year 1948. STATISTICS aND SOCIaL CONDITIONS OF THE AREa. Area (in acres) .. ...... 92,650 Popluation - 1931 Census .... 20* 788 Population - Mid 1948... 24*460 Number of Inhabited Houses .. , Vp12 Rateable Value as at 1st. January, 1948. .£134' 124 Rateable Value as at 31st. December, I.948 £, 134^773 Product of Id. rate (as at 1st. April, 1948.£ 564 VITAL STATISTICS BIRTHS. The following table shows that the Birth Rate for the District is_still below that for England and Wales as a whole, it shows a decrease on that of the previous year, the figures being 15.41 per 1000 total population for 1948, as against 17*6 per thousand for 1947. LIVE- BIRTHS. Legitimate . Illegitimate. Live Birth rate per 1000 total population - 15.41 Corresponding rate for England and V/ales — STILL BIRTHS. Legitimate. Illegitimate. Male. 1 . 2 Female. 2 Total. 3 2 3 2 5 Male. Female. Total 170 ' 3-4-5 ' 16 9 25 186 184 370 Still Birth rate -per 1000 total population Still Birth rate per 1000 total live births Still Birth rate per 1000 of civilian population England and Wales .0.20. 23.3 Q.42