[Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Dover Town and Port.

  • Dover (England). Town and Port Council.
Date:
1924
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Credit: [Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Dover Town and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL REPORT, 1924 1. GENERAL STATISTICS. Area (Acres) ... ... ... ... ... 2,024 Population (Census, 1921, revised) ... ... ... 39,995 Housing data at Census, 1921:— Number of structurally separate dwellings :— Occupied ... ... ... 8,432 Vacant on Census Night ... 346 8,828 Number of private families occupying the 8,482 separate dwellings... ... ... ... 9,351 No. of persons in the 9,351 private families ... 37,526 Average number of persons per separate dwelling... 4-4 Population (Registrar-General’s Estimate, 1924) for Birth Rate 43,160 ,, ,. ,, for Death Rate 40,460 Rateable Value.. ... ... ... £209,865 Sum represented by a penny rate... ... ... £833 2. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR. Births. Legitimate Males. 411 Females. 404 Total’ 815 Illegitimate 16 17 33 Total 427 421 848 Birth Rate (per 1,000) : 19. 65. Registered in Borough ... Deaths. 230 210 44 0 Deaths of Non-residents ded acted 17 12 29 Total in Borough 213 198 411 Transferred Deaths 12 14 26 Net total Deaths in 1924 225 2 1 2 437 Death Rate (per 1,000) : 10.80. Number of women dying in, or in consequence ot, childbirth :— From sepsis ... nil. From other causes ... 2 Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1.000 births :— Legitimate ... 39 Illegitimate ... 121 Total ... 42.14 Deaths from Measles... ... ... ... nil. ,, Whooping Cough ... .. ... nil.