[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge Borough.

  • Stourbridge (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH Together with the Vital Statistics for the year 1929. if.: -sy -SP V ' S7-vy -1^- ' W' +T T—*? V V * V m‘-W' T •v v M,y To the Mayor, Aldermen and Members of the Stourbridge Town Council. Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you my Report for the year 1929, being my Fifth Annual Report. In accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Health, this Report is curtailed, and the details are those which the Ministry suggest should be included. General Statistics. Area of the District • • • • * c 1920 acres. Population according to figures supplied after the Census in 1921 Crude 18023; Corrected 18016 Population, figures supplied by Registrar-General (1929) » • « • • • 19390 Number of inhabited houses (1921) ... 4251 Number of inhabited houses (1929) 5089 Number of families or separate occupiers (1921) 4608 approx. Number of families or separate occupiers (1929) 5394 approx. Rateable Value • • • ... 7)95,800 Sum represented by a penny rate ... £371 Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year. M. F. Total. Live Births—Legitimate i43 146 289 Illegitimate 2 4 6 Total 295 Birth Rate 15.21 Birth Rate for England and Wales 16.3 M. F. Total. Still Births—Legitimate 12 7 19 Illegitimate 1 1 Total 20 Deaths—Males • « • • • • 112 F emales • • « • • • 124 Total 236 Death Rate 12.17 Death Rate for England and Wales 13.4 One woman died in consequence of childbirth.