[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Bilston Borough.

  • Bilston (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1946
    LIBRARY BOROUGH OF BILSTON. REPORT ON THE Public Health Services FOR THE YEAR 1946. B. C. HALLER, M.A. (Cantab.), L.R.C.P. (Edin.), D.P.H. (Camb.), Medical Officer of Health. G. E. S. SHELDON, Cert. S.I.B., M.S.I.A., M.R.San.I. Acting Senior Sanitary Inspector. Public Health Department, 23, Wellington Road, Bilston, Staffs. December 1947. William Woolley Ltd., Printers, Bilston.
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    STAFF of the PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. Whole Time Officers. Medical Officer of Health, Medical Officer for Maternity and Child Welfare : B. C. HALLER, M.A., (Cantab.), L.R.C.P.E., L.R.C.S.E., D.P.H. (Camb.). Deputy Medical Officer of Health : HELENA M. PHIMISTER, M.B., Ch.B. (Glas.), D.P.H. (Glas.). Part Time Officer (Maternity and Child Welfare) : JANE A. NAGLE, M.B., B.Ch. Senior Sanitary Inspector, Cleansing Superintendent, Inspector under The Canal Boats Act, Inspector under The Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925, Lodging House Inspector and Shops Inspector : F. BARNETT, M.S.I.A., A.R.San.I., Certificated Meat Inspector. (Resigned October, 1946) Additional Sanitary Inspectors : G. E. S. SHELDON, Cert. S.I.B., M.S.I.A., M.R.San.I. Certificated Meat Inspector. Acting Senior Sanitary Inspector, October, 1946. W. L. KAY, F.S.I.A., M.R.San.I., Certificated Meat Inspector. (Resigned, April, 1946). J. R. TART, Cert. S.I.B., M.S.I.A. (Appointed, June, 1946). L. D. ASHWORTH, Cert. S.I.B., M.R.San.I., M.S.I.A, (Appointed December, 1946). Health Visitors : Miss N. R. Hawkins, S.R.N., S.C.M., M.R.C.N. Miss M. Parker, S.R.N., S.C.M., Cert. H.V. (R.S.I.) Miss C. Read, S.R.N., S.C.M., Cert. H.V. (R.S.I.). Clerical Staff : Mrs. A. Mears (resigned May, 1946). Miss M. J. Corbett. Mrs. P. Bouckley (resigned June, 1946). Miss J. A. Lewis. Miss J. Mosley. Mrs. R. Stacey (appointed July, 1946). C. J. Pearce. A. Dowdeswell (H.M. Forces) E. R. Whittingham.
    ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1948. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA : Area 1,890 acres Population : 1931 Census 31,248 Estimated Population for Year .. 31,220 Estimated Number of Inhabited Houses for the year 7,875 Rateable Value £133,881 Extracts from Vital Statistics : Total Males Females Live Births 669 378 291 Birth Rate per 1,000 of (Legitimate) 649 369 280 the estimated resident (Illegitimate) 20 9 11 population 21.42 Still Births 16 13 3 Rate per 1,000 total (Live and Stillbirths) 21.94 Total Males Females Deaths 377 206 171 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population : 12.08 Comparability Factor : Not available for 1946. Deaths from Puerperal Causes :— (Headings 29 and 30) of the Registrar General’s short list. Deaths Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) Births Puerperal Sepsis Other Puerperal Causes Death Rate of Infants under one year of age :— All Infants per 1,000 live births 73.24 Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 72.42 Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 Illegitimate live births 100.00 Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 42 ,, Measles (all ages) — ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 1 ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 5