[Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council.

  • Staffordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1931
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Credit: [Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, Staffordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Area and Population. I have again to record an alteration both in area and population of the administrative county. Under the Sutton Coldfield, Walsall, West Bromwich and Wednes¬ bury Corporation Acts, 1930, the following changes took effect on 1st April, 1931 :—- Taken from Area in Popula- administrative acres. tion. county and (approx.) (approx. added to Sutton Coldfield Municipal Borough:— Portion of Great Barr Parish (Walsall Rural District) . 23 150 Portion of Shenstone Parish (Lichfield Rural District) . 17 200 ,, „ Walsall County Borough:— Portions of Bentley, Great Barr and Rushall Parishes (Walsall Rural District) . 985 617 Portion of The Delves, Wednesbury Municipal Borough 297 112 ,, ,, West Bromwich County Borough:- Portion of The Delves, Wednesburv Municipal Borough 77 7 28 Portion of Great Barr Parish (Walsall Rural District) . 722 134 Totals taken from County. 2,377 1,241 Added to Administrative county—to Wednesbury Municipal Borough:— Portion of West Bromwich County Borough . 371 107 From the above it will be seen that the area of the administrative county has been reduced by approximately 2,006 acres, and that the approximate decrease in popula¬ tion is 1,134. With the exception of one district, viz., Lichfield Rural where there is a large Barracks, a single population is shown and this is applicable to both births and deaths. The Registrar General supplies a “ standardising factor ” for correcting death rates in districts with a population of over 10,000. The rates produced by this method are strictly comparable, the factor being based on the age and sex of the population as indicated at the last census. The standardised death rates in those areas in which this method can be applied are shown in the Tables at the end of the Report.