[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Teignmouth U.D.C.

  • Teignmouth (England). U.D. Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Teignmouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL REPORT OF IvIEDICAL OFFICER OF HEiiLTH, 1948. PUBLIC HEALTH OIFICERS OP THE URBAN DISTRICT. F. Stanley L. Pip-pott, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Medical Officer of Health. Nornan S. Tucker, C.R.S.I., M.S.I.A., Sanitary Inspector. W, M. Scot t, B.Eng., /..M.Inst: C.E., A.M.I Mun.E., Surveyor & Fatar Engineer. TEIGNMOUTH URBAN 'ISTRICT. Area (in acres) ... ... ... Population (mid 1948) ... ... Number of inPiablted houses, (end 1948) according to Rate books. ... Rateable Value .... ... ... Sum represented by a penny rate 2,350. 10,550. 3,117. £96,700. £392.5.5*217d. SOCIAL CONDITIONS. Except for a ship building yard there are no local industries of importance. The area is entirely residential and caters for visitors more or less all the year round. VITAL STATISTICS. Live Births Legitimate Illegitimate M F Total 71 85 156 ) 170 8 6 14 ) Still Births Legitimate Illegitinate 2 13 Nil Nil Nil Birth rate per'1,000 estimated population 16.11 Still birth rate per 1,000 total (live and,still) births 17.34. Deaths: Corrected 173. Death rate 16.39 per 1,000 Deaths from Puerperal Causes ... C ancer ... ... Measles ... ... Vi/hooping Cough Diarrhoea (under 2 yrs) Nil. 30. Nil. Nil. Nil. Deaths of infants under 1 year of age:- 1 legitimate male 1 illegitimate female. INCIDENCE OP & CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING 1948 Disease . Total cases notified. Admitted to Hos pital Deaths. Smallpox Nil Nil Nil Scarlet fever. 7 Nil Nil Diphtheria. 2 1 Nil Typhoid fever Nil Nil Nil Pneumonia. 4 Nil 6 X