[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Lyme Regis Borough.

  • Lyme Regis (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1939
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    Public Health Office, 32, South Street, Bridport 0 November, 1940. TO THE MEMBERS OF LYME REGIS BOROUGH COUNCIL. Gentlemen, I have the honour to present my Annual Report on the , Health of the Borough for 1939- It is abbreviated according to the instructions of the Ministry of Health* May I take this opportunity of thanking the Sanitary Inspector, Mr, E. Prescott, for his most valuable help, the other Council Officers for their co-operation and all Members of the Council for their courtesy. I am, Yours Obediently, ADAM ARMIT, Medical Officer of Health. PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF. Medical Officer of Health, Adam Armit, M.B., Ch.B,, D.P.H. Sa.nita.ry Inspector. E. Frescott, A.R.S.I., M.Inst.B.E, Clerk to the Medical Officer. Miss S. Branigan. STATISTICS OF THE AREA0 Area (in Acres) ... . ... .. 1,237 Registrar-General's estimate of (a) resident population, mid-,939 . 2,731 (b) average population appropriate to the calculation of death rates ... ... .. 2,891 Number of Inhabited Houses(end of 1939)according to rate books ... ... ... ... ... ... 886 Rateable Value .£ 23,593 Sum represented by a Penny Rate ... *. £101 EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS. 1 IM etc. ’ B.R. ^ '■* tr «r ^ 1 T r Live Births. ! M. ; F. j M. ' F. ! Total r 16 23 1 15 23 1 )Birth Rate per 1,000 Legitimate 16 23 15 ; 23 ! )estimated resident Illegitimate -! _ 1 “ ! - ! Jpopuletion mid-1939... 14. 28 Still Births. M. F. Total 1 — )Rate per 1,000 total(live Legitimate 1 — )and still)births.25.64 Illegitimate — 5 Deaths, 21 15 )Death Rate per 1,000 estimated Total 36 )average population... 8.71 Comparability Factor., 0.70 -1-