[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Lyme Regis Borough.

  • Lyme Regis (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Lyme Regis Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To The LYME REGIS BOROUGH COUNCIL. Gentlemen, I beg to present to you my Annual Report on the Health and Sanitary Condition of the Borough for the year 1925. i. NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS 1. GENERAL STATISTICS. Area (acres) 1,237. Population (Census 1921) 2,277 (Estimated, 1925) Number of inhabited houses (1921) 450 (approx.) ,, ,, families or separate occupiers 500 (approx.) Rateable value £12,060. Sum represented by a penny rate £45. 2. PHYSICAL FEATURES. The town is situated on the slopes of the hills to the E. and W. of the River Lym, the greater part being on the western side. The climate is mild, and the lower parts of the town are well protected from the N. winds. The rainfall varies from 30 to 40 inches per annum. 3. VITAL STATISTICS. Births.—Legitimate, Male 15, Female 14, Total 29 Illegitimate—None. Birth-rate, 12.2 per 1,000 of the population. Average birth-rate for the last five years 16.6. Birth-rate, England and Wales, 1925, for comparison 18.3. Deaths.—Male 9, Female 11, Total 20. Death-rate, 8.7 per 1,000 of the population. Average death-rate for the last three years 12.2. Death-rate, England and Wales, 1925, for comparison 12.2. No. of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth, 0 Deaths of infants under one year of age, 1. Deaths from measles (all ages), 0. Deaths from whooping-cough (all ages), 0. Deaths from diarrhoea (under 2 years of age), 0. 4. POOR LAW RELIEF. This is administered from Axminster. The number of families relieved is 15. This relief ie largely in the nature of gratuitous medical treatment, by the Medical Officer of the Guardians. Poor Law Relief for the year amounted to £178 19s. 2d. ii. GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA. Institutions available for the District. Cottage Hospital.—There is a Cottage Hospital, with 7 beds, operating theatre, X-ray, and out¬ patient department. This is supported mainly by voluntary contributions, and partly by fees charged to patients. A nurse in the Hospital also does general nursing in the district. Hospital for Infectious Diseases.— A joint area for this purpose was formed in 1917 by the Urban Districts of Lyme Regis and Bridport and the Rural District of Beaminster. The hospital is at Bridport and has 20 beds, in addition to additional temporary accommodation for the reception of small-pox cases. The hospital is supported to the extent of one-fifth by the Borough Council A motor ambulance is available at the hospital for removing infectious cases. OF THE AREA