[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

  • Tynemouth (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Year. Registrar General's Estimated Population^. Estimates ot population at 30th June each year, re¬ vised according to popula¬ tion revealed by 1921 census. For calculation of death rate. For calculation of birth rate. 1911 59,008 59,008 58,934 1912 59,809 59,809 59,412 1913 60,601 60,601 59,896 1914 60,688 60,688 60,381 1915 58,199 58,199 60,872 1916 57,192 62,226 61,366 1917 57,591 64,198 61,865 1918 55,758 62,475 62,367 1919 58,007 60,426 62,874 1920 60,318 60,541 63,384 The number of families or separate occupiers in the Borough on the Burgess Roll in 1923 was 14,287. The rateable value of the Borough is £327,095, and the sum represented by a penny rate is estimated to be £1,354. I am indebted to Mr. T. Percival, Clerk to the Tynemouth Union, for the following particulars in respect to Poor Law Relief in the County Borough of Tynemouth for the year ended 31st, December, 1923. The average daily number of inmates in the Union Institution was 294 and the average daily number in the children’s homes was 43. The amount expended in out-door relief in the County Borough of Tynemouth was £12,793 17s. Id. BIRTHS. The nett total births assignable to Tynemouth were 1,576, giving a birth rate of 24*12 per 1,000 of the population. 802 births were males, and 774 females ; 1,509 were legitimate, and 67 illegitimate. The birth rate in England and Wales during 1923 was 19'7, and for the Great Towns 20’4 per 1,000. The transferable births were ;— Total Births Males Females Illegitimate Males ... $... Females Inward Outward Transfers. Transfers. 11 12 6 19 2 4 0 10