[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Sidmouth U.D.C.

  • Sidmouth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Sidmouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3IPH0UTK URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. ANNUAL RMPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. YEAR BIDING ^1ST DECdHDER. 1944. To the Chaiman and Members of the Sidmouth Urban District Council, Mr. Chaiman and Members, I have the honour to present the Annual Report on the Public Health of the Urban District for the year ending 31st December, 194-4. The report conforms as closely as possible with the requirements laid down in the Ministry of Health circulars 10/44 of the 15th February 1944 and 49/45 of the 19th March, 1945* SECTION A. Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area. G cL « • • • « * • 00 • • • ••• 11242 acres. Number of inhabited Rateable value. houses. ... O0 0 0 0 • • • 2995. „ £95,438. Sum represented by penny rate ... £391. 3. 6d. Population ... , Vital 1 0 • 0 0® • » • Statistics. Total 9.500. Halo Female Live Births (Legitimate 128 73 55 (Illegitimate 10 3 7 Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population = 1 14.52 Total Male Female Still Births (Legitimate 4 2 2 (Illegitimate - - Rate of still births per 1,000 total (live and still) births = V 28.17 Total Male Female Deaths 169 78 91 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population = Deaths from puerperal causes = 17«79 Nil Total Male Female Deaths of infants under 1 yr„of age (Legitimate 7 4 3 (Illegitimate - - 00 Death rate of all infants per 1,000 live births = 50.72 Death rate of legitimate infants per 1,000 live births = 54.68