[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-in-Makerfield U.D.C.

Ashton-in-Makerfield (England). Urban District Council. n 78087965.

Date:: 1950

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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-in-Makerfield U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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TUBERCULOSIS—New Cases and Mortality during 1950. Age Periods New Cases Deaths Respiratory Non- respiratory Respiratory Non- rcspiratory Years 0— 1 O M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 5 10 M5 1 2 1 1 1 1 — — 20 2 1 1 1 — — 25 3 4 1 1 2 3 — — 36 1 1 1 — — 4i) 55 1 1 65 1 _ — 2 — — 75 and over — — — — — — — — TOTALS 8 8 4 5 6 5 — — 16 y 11 — Housing. The number of inhabited houses on the Rate book at the Census of 1931 was 4,233; at the end of the present year it had risen to 5,368. 90 new houses were erected during the year, 80 under Local Authority schemes and the remainder under private enterprise. The number of houses overcrowded by the end of the year was 124, representing 279 families or 1,415 persons; 46 cases of overcrowding were relieved, representing 353 persons. Bryn Station housing estate is nearing completion, and the erection of a further 317 houses is contemplated at Landgate.