[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Morpeth R.D.C.

  • Morpeth (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1937
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    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE MORPETH RURAL DISTRICT For the Year 1937. To the Chairman and Members of the Council. Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit to you the Annual Report on the sanitary conditions and health of your district for the year 1937. This year has seen greater activity and develop¬ ment than any other I remember since I first gave you a monthly report on behalf of Doctor Philip ten years ago. There has been a greater burden of work thrown on your officials in all departments, and this load seems likely to be increased still further as time goes on. One can not help but look forward to the possibility of improved accommodation in the future to allow of more complete organisation, better light¬ ing conditions and a more attractive establishment. I am glad to express my gratitude for the co-operation I have received from your staff during the past year. In the arrangement of this report I propose to follow that of 1936. STATISTICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. The extent of your district is, in acres ... 79,193. The Registrar-General’s estimate of the resident population at mid-1937 is ... 15,010. The rateable value is ... ... £59,639. One penny rate produces ... ... £240. Number of inhabited houses (end of 1937) according to the rate books (approx.) 3,500. You will notice that there is a further drop in the popu¬ lation, from 15,190 in 1936 to the present figure—namely 150 persons. The opening of the St. Andrew’s Homes, for the mentally defective, at North Gate, Avill probably increase the population (to what extent I can not yet say), but there is no doubt that there has been a slight but increasing decline in the last two years. At the same time there is a decrease of £380 in the rateable value.