[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Craven (Combined) Sanitary Districts.

  • Craven Combined Sanitary Districts.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Craven (Combined) Sanitary Districts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CRAVEN COMBINED SANITARY DISTRICT. Fifty-Ninth Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1938. To the Chairman ond Members of the District Council. Gentlemen, I beg to lay before you my Report on the health and sanitary condition of the Combined District for the year ending 31st December, 1938. In it are summarised statistics and details which are given at greater length in the separate reports issued in connection with the respective Urban and Rural Sanitary Authorities. The reports are drawn up on the lines suggested in the Ministry of Health Circular 1728 and, in accordance with the economic cuts recommended by both Central Authority and District Councils, condensation and cross-reference to previous reports are practised as much as possible, all that is required being limited to a record of alterations, impjrove- ments or developments which have taken place during the year. A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. As a result of the County Review of Districts, three Urban Districts—Oakworth, Haworth and Oxenhope—have been detached from Craven and added to Keighley Borough, while Keighley Rural District no longer exists as such. Half of this rural district (East and West Morton) has been added to Keighley Borough and the other half (Steeton-with-Eastburn and Sutton) has become part of Skipton Rural District. The new Craven Combined District has still an area of approximately 358,000 acres, or fully one-fifth of the West Riding administrative county. It has a population of approx- mately 58,000 and consists of two Urban Districts numbering 17,800 and three Rural Districts of 40,200. In the industrial areas trade and employment for a great part of the year continued fairly good until increasing international unrest told heavily against trade in textiles without equivalent improvement in engineering and re-armament work. VITAL STATISTICS. Birth-rate; 12-4. Compared with 12-2, 11 *7, 12-7, 12'5 and 12-1 in the previous five years. Death-rate : 13 -54. Compared with 13-1, 13-1, 12-1, 13-6 and 15-1 in the previous five years. Infant Mortality : 34 per 1,000 children born. Compared with 56, 46, 43, 49 and 53 in the previous five years, and with 53 for England and Wales.