[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough.

  • Southampton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT. STATISTICAL SUMMARY FOR THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF SOUTHAMPTON. Area (land and inland water). Acreage Area (including tidal water and foreshore) Population (Census 1921) Population, Registrar-General’s estimate (1929) Number of structurally separate sets of premises in tended or used for habitation (census 1921) Total private families therein (Census 1921) Rateable value (March, 1930) ... Gross value (March, 1930) Sum represented by a penny rate Births— Legitimate Males 1,501 Females 1,459 Illegitimate Males 83 Females 68 Birth-rate Deaths ... ... ... ... ... ... Death-rate 9>J92 11,109 160,994 172,300 30.347 37.214 £1,263,910 £1,511,124 £4.975 Total 2,960 Total 151 18.12 2,315 13.48 6 8 Number of women dying in, or in consequence i from Sepsis of, childbirth ... ... ... ...) other causes Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births— Legitimate, 62.5 ; Illegitimate, 86.1 ; total, 63.6. Deaths from Measles (all ages) ... Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)... 1 29 22 POPULATION. The enumerated population of the County Borough of South¬ ampton taken on the 19th June, 1921, was:—Males, 78,131; Females, 82,863 i Total, 160,994. The Census of 1921 was not taken until the month of June, and it was found that many persons were away on holiday. An adjustment to what would probably be the normal population of the Borough was made by the Registrar-General of 162,200. The population of the Borough is estimated by the Registrar- General as at 1st July, 1929, to be 172,300.