[Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Weymouth & Melcombe Regis Borough.

  • Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1932
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Credit: [Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Weymouth & Melcombe Regis Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    demand for hospital treatment for Maternity Cases increases, and is likely to be the subject of much discussion during the coming year. I have again included with the Health Report the Report of our Borough Meteorologist (Mr. West), as it appears to me these subjects are very interdependent the one upon the other. The substantiation of the claim of Weymouth to its high place as a Coastal Health Resort is dependent both upon good meteorological returns and health results and efficient sanitary conditions. SECTION A.—STATISTICS AMD SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Area in Acres Registrar-General’s estimate of resident population, 1932 ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• Number of inhabited houses (end of 1931), according to Rate Books Number of inhabited houses (end of 1932), according to Rate Books Rateable value Sum represented by a Penny Rate ... 1648 22150 5714 5885 £202696 £808 Live Births Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year. Total. M. F. f Legitimate ... 249 123 126 {illegitimate ... 9 4 5 Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 11.6 Stillbirths ... ••• ? f 3 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 26.4. Deaths . 309 ‘ 149 160 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 13.9 Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General’s Short List) :— Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. No. 29 Puerperal sepsis ... 1 3.8 No. 30 Other puerperal causes 1 3.8 Total ... . 2 . 7.5