[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Carlton U.D.C.

  • Carlton (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Carlton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Carlton i,749j and Netherfield 1,391 houses, making a total of 3,140. Of these, 35 in Carlton and 65 in Nether- field were unoccupied, leaving a balance of occupied houses for Carlton of 1,714, and Netherfield 1,326. On applying the averages per house revealed at the 1901 census, viz., 4*5 for Carlton and 4*8 for Netherfield, the estimates of population are for Carlton 7,713, and Netherfield 6,365, the total for the whole district being 14,078. Of course, it is understood that the Porchester, Carnarvon and Thorneywood Estates are included in the Carlton divisiono These figures show an increase of population on the previous year for the whole district of 847, for Carlton 635, and Netherfield 212. The natural increase of population, that is excess of births over deaths, has been for the whole district 238, for Carlton 103, and Nether- field 135. Although there were ii more births in Carlton than Netherfield, the mortality of the former, as usual, has been greater than that of the latter. An explanation of the increase of population is found in the large number of new houses which have been and are being erected ; as will be seen in the Surveyor’s report, plans for 183 dwelling-houses have been passed during 1905, of which 133 were situated in Carlton and 50 in Netherfield ; in 1904, plans for 164 houses were approved, iii in Carlton and 53 in Netherfield. BIRTHS. In the whole district there were 403 births registered, 203 males and 200 females, a very level state of things. In Carlton there were 207 births, 112 males and 95 females, and in Netherfield 91 males and 105 females, the