[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Salisbury (New Sarum) City.

  • Salisbury (England). City Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Salisbury (New Sarum) City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Area in acres ... ' ...• - 2845 Registrar-General’s estimate of Resident Population at middle of 1939 ... ... (a) 28,650 at December 31st 1939 ... ... ... (b) 29,870 Number of inhabited houses at end of 1939 8200 Rateable value ... ... ... ...£236,442 The sum represented by a Penny Rate £985 The social conditions of the area are those associated with a progressive Cathedral city but without factories of any size. The chief occupations of the inhabitants are those which supply the ordinary needs of the area itself—a large agricultural population around—and the population of the various camps of Military and Air Forces in the Southern part of Wiltshire. These occupations have no particular influence on the public health of the citizens. ’ * ? • ■ 1 - Total Male * * r i >' ■ t r r» • . Female Rate BIRTHS.—Live. Legitimate ,., 4yK • ,,, 229 ■ 7 ’ , 229 15.99 Illegitimate 16 • 9 0.56 All Births . 474 236 ooc 16.55 Birth Rates—Five years— 1938 14 11 1937 15.65 1936 14.2 •1935 14.8 1934 Average , - • c ' ' ; The Birth Rate is higher by 2 44 per 1000 in this area 15.00 14.65 than in 1938 and 1.55 big than in England and Wales. BIRTHS.—Still. Legitimate Total 15 Male 7 Female 8 Illegitimate 1 0 1 All Births 16 7 9 Rate 0.5 per 1000 population