[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • North Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Area. The North Riding of Yorkshire is the third county in order of size in Engla: its acreage being 1,354,657. Its geographical character varies from the popul< industrial district adjacent to the County Borough of Middlesbrough to the spars- populated dales and moorland districts ; there are also smaller aggregations of poj lation in inland districts and on the seaboard which forms the eastern boundary of Riding : north of York too, there are heavily populated parishes in the Flaxton Ru District. The administrative county includes four municipal boroughs (Redcar, Richrno:^ Scarborough and Thornaby-on-Tees), ten urban districts and twenty rural districts:* In nearly its whole length, the northern boundary is formed by the River Te separating the Riding from the County of Durham ; the eastern boundary is the s> board ; on its southern boundary the Riding abuts on the East and West Ridings a the City of York ; on its western side is the Pennine Chain and the Lake Distrn Running almost north and south from Cleveland to the Vale of York is a range of h known in its first portion as the Cleveland Hills and merging into the Hambleton Hi In the western portion there are three main dales—these are Teesdale, Swaledale a Wensleydale proceeding from north to south, The hills between Wensleydale aa Swaledale constitute the boundary between the areas of the Leeds and Newcass Regional Hospital Boards and between administrative areas centred in Leyburn a. Richmond. Population. The population as estimated by the Registrar General at mid-year 1959, is set < in the table below ; the population for the years 1931, 1938, 1955, 1956, 1957 and L are also shown for comparative purposes :— Urban Rural Year Population Population Total 1931 182,279 148,822 331,101 1938 186,000 147,500 333,500 1955 206,700 177,300 384,000 1956 207,900 179,100 387,000 1957 208,800 177,800 386,600 1958 209,200 178,400 387,600 1959 211,100 179,700 390,800 Social Conditions and Occupations. The main industries in the north-eastern part of the Riding are the manufacti of steel and chemicals : the latter industry is being rapidly developed. On the sc board there are many holiday resorts ; and in the rural districts agriculture and alii industries provide employment for many. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year. Total M F Live Births j Legitimate ^ Illegitimate .. 6,479 302 3,277 164 3,202 138 'j Birth rate per 1,000 of ^estimated home populatior J 17*4 Still births . . ... 164 92 72 Rate per 1,000 total (live s still) births 23 -61. Deaths p • • • .. 4,356 2,274 2,082 Death rate per 1,000 of i estimated home populatior 1M