[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Hereford City.

  • Hereford (England). City Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Hereford City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CITY OF HEREFORD 1942 GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICE FOR THE AREA. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES OF THE AUTHORITY. Name and Qualifications. Office held. Whole or Part Other Public Office. Medical. E. Dunbar Townroe, M.R.C.S., Medical Officer Part School Medical L.R.C.P., D.P.H. of Health. Officer. Police Surgeon ; Medical Atten- dent, City Isolation Hosp. H. Ward-Smith, M.B., Ch.B. Physician, Infant Welfare Clinic. Part Wm, Ainslie, M.D., F.R.C.S.,Ed. Consulting- Gynaecologist Physician, Ante-Natal Clinic. Part Others. F. D. G. Chalmers, M.A., B.Sc., F.I.C. City Public Analyst. Part J. Leach, Cert. R.S.I., M.S.I.A. Chief Sanitary Inspector. Whole Miss M. M. Scourfield, Cert. Senior Health Part C.M.B. Visitor. Section A STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Area ... ... ... • • • • • • • • • • • • Registrar-General’s estimate of Resident Popula- tion for calculation of Birth and Death Rate ... Number of Inhabited Houses... Rateable Value ... ... ... • • • • • • Sum represented by a Penny Rate ... 5,031 acres 29,980 7,463 £231,351 £944 10 0 VITAL STATISTICS Total. Males. Females. Live Births—Legitimate ... 585 291 294 Illegitimate ... 55 22 33 Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 16.4 Total. Males. Females. Still Births ... ... ... 26 12 14 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 48