[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Torquay Borough.

  • Torquay (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Torquay Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BOROUGH OF TORQUAY. Area of the Borough, 3,996 acres. Assessable value, £204,188. Population—Census (1911), 38,772; „ „ (1921), 39,432. Number of separate occupiers—Census, 1911, 8,459. Density of population, 8 persons per acre. Corrected death rate, 1921, 13*4 per 1,000. Average for previous five years, 16'9 per 1,000. Birth rate, 13’7 per 1,000. Average for previous five years, 14*2 per 1,000. Infantile mortality, 1921, 81. Average for previous five years, 66. Death rate from zymotic diseases, *35 per 1,000. Mean annual temperature, 54*3. Hours of bright sunshine recorded, 2016. Total rainfall, 20*8 inches.