[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Consett U.D.C.

  • Consett (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Consett U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Interim Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1945. Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area. iSuinm.ary of Genera], and Yltal Statistics. Ar e a,in acr e s 9,840 lopiilation (Census 1931) 38,046 j'opiD.ation (estimated by the Registrar-General 1945) 35,310 Nurabor of inhabited houses according to rate books at the end of 1945 10,170 Rateable value • £159,062 SiFi, represented by a penny rate £593 '■'irths during 1945 - 694 Birth-rate 19,6 '.'oatjj.s during 1945 - 435 Crude Death-rate 12,3 Infant Mortality Rate 1945 48,9 Tubercnlosis Death-rate 1945 0.48 TiDTuonary - 0,39 c N.on-Pulmonary - 0,09, '.bmiotic Death-rate 1945 0,08 C'onscptUrban District . The original town of Consett developed about a century ago v^hen ■j.ronstone was first ■'.orkod in the district and houses for workmen were required, and these laere built on the high land forming the Last Bank of the Derwent Valley. In 1865 when it was constituted a Local Board Division it had a population of about 7,000, and an area of 1,005 acres Mol].ov[;lng a public enquiry in 1919 a further 498 acres were added and the acreage was increased to 1,503. At the time of the 1921 Census the population had increased to 12,155. Following the operation of the local Government Act, 1929, the present Urban District came into being In Av)ril, 1937, with an area of 9,840 acres and a tlaen population oJT 17,340. The highest points of the tovm are apv)roachlng 900 ft. above ea level., and the land slopes steeply on one side to the River Derwent 'b'.ich .forms its bou1.1d.ar7/' for a considerable distance, e.xtending from the plcDsant spot known as Allansford to a point near Llntz Ford, The wood.s and pleasant grounds by the river-side form a natural beauty spot and situated at 'bhe foot of the main road from the town to the val].e;7 is Shotley Bridge, formerly popular as a Spa and. holiday centre, Folj owing the co'urse of 'bhe river towards its junction with the Tyne one passes (still in. Consett U,D.) through Fbchester, Low V/estwood and L.hmsterley Colliery, The former place is of interest as it is i.'u.ilt right on the site of an old Roman Station - on the Watling Street Romaai T-Tighvj'ay - with other Roman sites Lanchester to the South and Corbridp:e to the North on the same highway. The Urban District of Stanley and the R-ural District of Lanchester bouid the remaining sides of the District, Social Conditions and Industries. There are many vol'untary and official social activities in the d.istrict and close touch is maintained v/ith them hy this Department, and their co-operation sec'ured when this is needed. The closest association v/ith the various officers of the County Co-uncil operating: in the area is maintained, and v/hllst some overlapning is inevitable v.h'bh the present system of dual Health Services, every ef.fort is made