[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Marlborough Borough.

  • Marlborough (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Marlborough Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    « UBRA^ Jllarlborougb Porougf). MEDICAL OFFICER’S ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1940 Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit to you my 21st Annual Report on the Public Health and Sanitary Administration of your district. This report is brief and is according to instructions received from the Ministry of Health in their circular 2314 dated March 26th, 1941. I have the honour to remain, Your obedient servant, A. H. WILSON, 18 Victoria Road, Salisbury. Medical Officer of Health. VITAL STATISTICS. Population—Census 1931 : 3,492 Population—Estimated Mid. 1940—5,470. Area, 1,496 Acres Rateable Value : £35,646 Sum represented by Penny Rate : £152 8 8 Number of Inhabited Houses as shown by Rate Books end of 1940 : 1,305. Births, 1940. Male. Live 33 Still 1 Birth Rate, 1940. Live 12.4 Still 0.36 Female. Total. 36 69 (2 Illegitimate) 1 2 (0 Illegitimate) England and Wales Live 14.6 Still 0.55 Birth Rate Average last 10 years 11.5 England and Wales „ m 10 ,,14.9 Deaths : Males, 27. Females 46.’ Total, 73. Death Rate • (1940) 13.3 Average last 10 years 11.1 England and Wales „ 14.3 „ „ 10 „ 12.2 Number of deaths of infants under one year of age : Males 1 Females 0. Total, 1. Infantile Mortality Rate (per 1,000 Live Births) 13.1 (1940) England and Wales 55 q Infantile Mortality Average last 10 years 29.1 England and Wales „ „ 10 „ 55.6 ” The AREAL COMPARABILITY FACTOR 1.00.