[Report 1922] / Medical Officer of Health, Altrincham U.D.C.

  • Altrincham (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1922
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Credit: [Report 1922] / Medical Officer of Health, Altrincham U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To the Members of the Altrincham Urban District Council. April, 1923. Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you my second Annual Report, for the year 1922. The Ministry of Health has directed that this Report should be, in form and substance, similar to that of the year 1921. 1. Genera.! Statistics. The area of the district comprises 1330 acres, with an estimated population at the end of 1922 of 20,877. The population on 30th June, 1922, as estimated by the Registrar- General, was 20,810, a figure corresponding very closely with my estimate of the population at that date, and is the figure on which the Birth and Death Rates for the year are calculated. The number of inhabited houses in 1922 was 4675. The number given in the Report for 1921 was inaccurate, as the figures given to me at that time by the Overseers De- partment included the inhabited houses in the Dunham Ward twice. The Council have made a determined and persistent effort to obtain the erection of more houses, to combat the ever- growing evil of overcrowding. The rateable value of the District is ^129,615, repre- senting at a penny rate a sum of :— ^465 District Kate Assessment. /495 Poor Rate Assessment.