[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Totnes R.D.C.

  • Totnes (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Totnes R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / */ . LIBRARY TOTNES RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL Rushbrook Totnes* I have the honour to submit my Annual Report for 1950 on the health of the Totnes Rural District* The live birth rate was 13*0 as compared with 13*7 in 194-9 the rate for England and Wales being 15*8 The infant mortality rate was 17*2 per 1,000 live births, as compared with 4-3*7 in 1949, the figure for England & Wales being 29*8 The death rate of legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births was 17* 7 The crude death rate for the year was 12*7 per 1,000 estimated resident population, the figure for 1949 being 13*1 and that for England and Wales 11*6 General Statistics. Area (Acres) .... ..... ... ... ... ... ... ... 80,978 Population - Census 1921.. ... ... ... ... 11,918 - Census 1931... ... ..... 12,362 - Census 1931..... ... ••• 13*923 Registrar General’s estimated resident population . ... 13*390 Number of inhabited houses (1931) • •..... 3*34-8 Rateable value . .... ... ..... ... ... .. *£79 *740 Sum represented by a penny rate ... ... ... ... ... ..£332* 0. 8, The population is chiefly agricultural, and there is no occupation which has any particular influence on health* There is very little unemployment in the area. Vital Statistics. M p TOTAL Live births Legitimate 86 83 169 Illegitimate 1 4 5 WO j 87 174 Still Births M F TOTAL Legitimate 0 0 0 Illegitimate 0 0 0