[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Craven (Combined) Sanitary Districts.

  • Craven Combined Sanitary Districts.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Craven (Combined) Sanitary Districts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CRAVEN COMBINED SANITARY DISTRICT Sixty-first Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Year 1940. To the Chairman and Members of the District Council. Gentlemen, I beg to lay before you my Report on the health and sanitary condition of the Combined District for the year ending 31st December, 1940. In it are summarised statistics and details which are given at greater length in the separate reports issued in connection with the respective Urban and Rural Sanitary Authorities. The Reports are drawn up on the lines suggested in the Ministry of Health Circular 1961 and, in accordance with the economy cuts recommended by both Central Authority and District Councils, condensation and cross-reference to previous reports are practised as much as possible. A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. Craven Conibined District has an area of approximately 358,000 acres, or fully one- fifth of the West Riding administrative county. It has a population of approximately 59,000, and consists of two Urban Districts numbering 17,900 and three Rural Districts of 41,100. In the industrial areas trade and employment continued fairly good. Later, inter- national unrest improved trade in engineering and re-armament work. VITAL STATISTICS. Birth-rate ; 12 -45. Compared with 12-7, 12-5, 12 T, 12-4 and 12-8 in the previous five years. Death-rate: 14-18. Compared with 12-1, 13*6, 15-1, 12-5 and 12-1 in the previous five years. Infant Mortality : 51 per 1,000 children born. Compared with 43, 49, 53, 34 and 32 in the previous five years, and with 55 for England and Wales.