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

  • Godalming (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Godalming Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area Area (acres), 2,393. Population (Registrar General’s Estimate, mid-year 1946) : 14,170. Number of inhabited houses (at end of 1946), according to the rate books : 3,929. Rateable Value; £125,666. Sum represented by a penny rate, 1945/46; £505 12s. 8d. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year. Total. M. F. Live Births— Birth Rate per 1,000 Total ... ... 266 136 130 of the estimated Legitimate ... 240 119 121 resident popula- Illegitimate ... 26 17 9 tion, 18.77. ' Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) Still Births— births, 18.79. Legitimate ..... 5 * 5 Still-birth Rate per 1,000 population, 0.35. ' Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident popula- Deaths ... ... 199 103 96 - ^ tion, 14.04. Deaths from Puerperal causes : Nil. Death Rate of infants under 1 year of age :— All infants per 1,000 live births ... ... ... 45.11 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 29.16 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 19.23 Deaths from Cancer (all ages) ... ... ... ... 34 Deaths from Measles (all ages) ... ... .... Nil Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) ... ... Nil Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 1