[Report 1943-1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Horsforth U.D.C.

  • Horsforth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1944
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    Library ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH TTor the years 1943 and 1944 Council Offices, HORSFORTH. November,1945 To the- Chairman and Members of the Urban District Council cf Hcrsforth Gentlemen, I have the honour to place before you my Report on the health of this district for the years 1943 and 1944. It was hoped that by the time this Report would normally have been compiled, matters would have returned to a state more approaching the normal, but it is regretted that our work has been interrupted and retarded by numerous wartime duties and restrictions on peacetime services, so that there has been an unavoidable delay in the final presentation of the Report. National security again places restrictions on the publication of population figures and reference to developments which may have taken place during the war. Such references are, therefore, omitted from this Report. The general health of the district is maintained at s good standard and it is pleasing to report that there has been no major outbreak of infectious disease, but attention is drawn to comments in the section on infectious disease. . The demand for the utilisation of all available manpower continues to keep unemployment at a very low level, and the increased spending power of the people has tended to raise the general standard of living. STATISTICS ; : • •. . ' • . • i ' * > , » Area of district in acres 2,706 Number of inhabited houses estimated end of 1943 4,266 ' ' ; ..... 1944 4,266 Rateable value - 1943 £78,824 1944 £79,473 Product of Id rate - 1943 £312 1944 £315