[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Ketton R.D.C.

  • Ketton (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Ketton R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    RURAL DISTRICT. >R' Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1937. Public Health Officers of the Authority : Medical Officer of Health.—W. Anley Hawes, M.B., B.S., D.P.H., Lond., Part time. District Medical Officers and Public Vaccinators.—Under Poor Law, E. S. Edwards, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Lond. Sanitary Inspector.—A. Coulter, C.R.S.I. Ladies and Gentlemen, I herewith beg to submit my report for the year 1937. Area, 16,549 Acres. Population, 2,661. Number of Inhabited Houses, 701. Rateable Value, £11,874. Sum represented by Penny Rate, £41 os. od. Social Conditions.—The chief industry of the area is agriculture. There are stone quarries at Clipsham and Ketton. Cement manufacture is carried on by the Ketton Portland Cement Co., other factories being the British Oxygen Co., and the Agricultural Stone Co., Ltd. Legitimate ( Live Births. Illegitimate -j Still Births. Legitimate Deaths. Deaths from puerperal sepsis Deaths from other puerperal causes. Total M. F. 47 27 20 t Birth rate per 1000 of 3 2 1 I estimated resident population is 18 9. 1 I 0 30 13 *7 Death rate per 1000 population is 12 0. 0 0 Nil. 0 Death rate of Infants under one year of age :— All Infants per 1,000 live births Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births Deaths from Measles (all ages) Deaths from Whooping-cough Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Corresponding Rates for England and Wales. Birth rate 14-9 increase of -i compared with 1936. Death rate 12-4 increase of -3 compared with 1936. Infantile Mortality 58 decrease of 1 compared with 1936. Section B.—General Provision of Health Services for the Area. (a) Laboratory Facilities. The same facilities exist as reported last year.