[Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.

  • Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
Date:
1907
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Credit: [Report 1907] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NEW BUILDINGS. There has been a continual increase of new buildings, mainly in the outlying districts, as can be seen by the undermentioned table :— Year. Houses. Largo Additions, Stables, Workshops, and other Uiiildings. Total. 1899 130 95 225 1900 174 97 271 1901 200 122 322 1902 294 99 393 1903 436 120 556 1904 440 106 546 1905 479 ]03 582 1906 493 98 591 1907 522 103 625 Totals 3168 943 4111 ACREAGE. The total acreage of the County Borough is 5,769 acres. This gives us 12-7 persons per acre, 2 persons ])er acre higher thiin last year. BIRTH RATE. The total number of Births registered in the district was :— Boys. Girls. Total. 639 567 1206 The birth rate per 1,000 on a population of 73,000 is 16'o2 per 1,000, a low rate when compared with that of the whole countiy, which is 26 3 per 1,000, but well up to the usual average in the County Rorough. In some of the Districts of our Borough, comprising large houses with a residential population, the birth rate is very low by reason of the fact that the population has passed beyond the child-bearing age, but in the outlying and artisan districts the rate is fully up to the average of England and Wales.