[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Lostwithiel Borough.

  • Lostwithiel (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1934
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    LIBRARY TO' THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION, Ajy x\ BOROUGH OF L’QSTWITHIEL. GENTLEMEN, report for the hono‘UI> to Present my Annual SECTION A, STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OE THE AREA* Area ............... .3050 acres Population ................... 1802 Nptmber of inhabited houses .... 630 Rateable value ..£7687 Sum represented by Id rate £32 0 7. Socially I think that the area is q uite well.catered for but it is to be regretted that the available public halls are far from suitable to accommodate a large numbered of people for any length of time from thehygienic point of view. This particularly applied to winter gatherings of children^and I would again ask those who are responsible for these to consider whether they would not be doing the younger members of the community a greater service and kindness by arranging for their entertainment during the summer months when they might he held out of doors. The chief occupations of the inhabitants of the area are •commercial and agricultural. . During the /ear there have been temporary periods of alleviation of unemployment but there is little if any, permanent diminution It is to be regretted that this area has not shown itself so mindful of the unemployed class as many others in the county have done and I submit that this is, in a large measure, due to the want of a lead from the local Authority. We are apt to forget that, unless something very unforeseen arises, unemployment to a large extent is going to be permanent. It seems a pity that while such organisations as the National Council of Social Service and the County Social Service Committee exist solely to assist local effort by advice and grants of money no advantage of su- h is taken in this area, I command this matter for your sympathetic consideration, VITAL STATISTICS. Birth rate per 1,000 of population.11.09 Crude Death Rate per 1000 of population ..10.5 C.E. Death Rate. 7.5 Total M F (Legitimate ...19 II 3 Live Births b (Illegitimate I„.. I. ( Legitimate... I... _..1 Stillbirths Deaths .19 . .. 7. .1 Deaths from Pueperal causes ... Nil Deaths of infants under I ye_ar_.Nil There were no deaths from Measles, Whooping Cough or Diarrhoea, The Birth and Death Rates per 1000 of population for England and Wales were 14.8 and II,8 respectively. The local Birth and Death Rates per 1000 of population for the Year 1933 were 20,75 and 17.7 respectively. Causes of Death: la E Tuberculosis of respiratory system .......... - I Cancer .... *.. 2