[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Parts of Kesteven / Kesteven County Council (Lincolnshire).

  • Kesteven (England). County Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Parts of Kesteven / Kesteven County Council (Lincolnshire). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COUNTY MEDICAL OFFICER’S REPORT for the year 1940. General Statistics. Area of the Administrative County (in acres) ... 463,505 Population (Census 1921) ... ... ... ... 108,237 Population (Census 1931) ... ... ... ... 110,360 Population (Registrar General’s estimate 1940) ... 110,160 Number of inhabited houses (Census 1921) ... 25,456 Number of inhabited houses (Census 1931) ... 27,590 Number of families or separate occupiers (1921) 25,823 Number of families or separate occupiers (1931) 27,845 Rateable Value (1st April, 1940) ... ... £500,916 Actual product of a penny rate, 1939-40 ... £2,006 Population. The Registrar General’s estimate of resident population mid 1940 reverts to one figure, viz. 110,160 as a basis for the calculation of birth rates and death rates. Two sets of birth figures are now given for use in calculating birth and infant mortality rates. Details of the population of the several Urban and Rural Districts will be found in Table 1. Social Conditions. Kesteven is predominantly an agricultural county. No note¬ worthy change has occurred in the number of trades and industries established in the area, but employment has remained at a satisfactory level. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR. Live Births : M. F. Total. Legitimate 853 812 1665 Rate per 1,000 of estimated Illegitimate Stillbirths : 33 55 88 population : 15.91 (Rate for England and Wales : 14.6) Legitimate 30 27 57 Rate per 1,000 of estimated Illegitimate 1 1 population : 0.53 (Rate for England and Wales : 0.55) Rate per 1,000 births—live and still : 32.02 Deaths: 759 752 1511 Rate per 1,000 of estimated population : Crude 13.72, Nett 12.21 (Rate for England and Wales : 14.3)