[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Fowey Borough.

  • Fowey (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Fowey Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    library ANNUAL RBPORT QR-T H B HEALTH OF THE +++++++++++’f++++'f++++++++++++++ This fieport, as in is of * interim* nature and made as brief as possible for economy reasons. It is again being type-written instead of printed. STATISTICS and SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Area (in acres) 2,979 Registrar General* s estimate of Resident Population , .1,947 Number of inhabited houses 657 Rateable Value (March 1944) . . . • £l6,76o. Sum represented by a Penny Rate £67. 3. 7^* Social conditions have not altered materially during tlje year, but there v/as a consideraMe augmentation of the ’ tanporary resident* population in the foim of D.S. Navy personnel, whe were encamped in the Borough area and undergoing training for *D* Day. For the first six months of the year, at any rate, the population of the Borough v/as practically doubled. The figures for China-cley e^ort began to shew an. upward trend in the latter half of the year, though, of course, the..root oauses of the depression still Trained. VITAL STATISTICS, Live Births (Legitimate) 1/ Males; I9 Females. Livd Births (illegitimate) None. Total Live Births 3^ Live Birth-Rate per 1,000 of Resident Population . . . l8.7 Annual Birth-Rate for England & Wales ’’7.6 Annual Birth-Rate for 148 *Qnaller Tov/ns’ 20.9 Still Births None Total Number of Deaths (all causes) 32 Death-Rate per 1,000 of estimated Resident population 16.69 Annual Death-Rate (all causes) for England & Wales . . 11.6 Annual Death-Rate for 148 ’Snaller Towns’ 12.4 Deaths from Puerperal causes ............. None Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age 1 Death? from Cancer (all ages) 7