[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Bradford & Melksham R.D.C.

  • Bradford and Melksham (Wiltshire, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Bradford & Melksham R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    •* J f BRADFORD AND MELKSHAM RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. ^ ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR 1945. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Area 26,881 acres Population 9,730 Number of inhabited houses 2,634 Rateable Value (1st April, 1945) £60,860 Sum represented by a Penny Rate £259 1945/46 Although on first seeing this district would appear to be entirely rural and therefore it might be concluded our villages would depend entirely on agriculture, the close proximity of several small industrial towns has had effect on the population. Also, as a result of the war, several villages have had influxes of industrial workers, some of whom are still resident in the new houses provided for them. Atworth Population. 780 Agriculture One new industry Broughton Gifford 700 Mainly Agriculture Hilperton 830 Agriculture Holt 1,140 Agriculture Tanyard and Leather Factory Limpley Stoke 530 Agriculture Mattress Factory Residential Melksham Without 2,050 Mainly Agriculture Monkton Farleigh 380 Agriculture Large Government works Semington 430 Mainly Agriculture South Wraxall 440 Mainly Agriculture Staverton 260 Agriculture Large “ Milk ” factory Westwood 940 Agriculture Industrial transferred war industry Wingfield 280 Agriculture Residential Winsley 970 Agriculture VITAL STATISTICS. Births M. F. Total Live Births — Legitimate 95 65 160 Illegitimate 10 13 23 105 78 183 Still Births—Legitimate 4 2 6 Illegitimate 0 1 1