[Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Dartford Borough.

  • Dartford (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1935
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Credit: [Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Dartford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL STATISTICS FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, 1931 — 1935. 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 Population (Registrar General’s estimated figure). 29,290 29,260 30,210 31,440 31,870 Births 429 4-58 428 436 473 Birth Rate 14.64 15.65 14.16 13.86 14.84 Still-births 8 7 12 14 20 Birth Rate (England & Wales). 15.8 15.3 14.4 14.8 14.7 Deaths 246 283 283 288 274 Death Rate 8.39 9.6 9.36 9 16 8.6 Death Rate (England & Wales) 12.3 11.8 12.3 11.8 11.7 Deaths of infants under 1 year 16 23 18 31 20 Infantile Death Rate 37.29 .50.2 42.05 71.1 42.07 Inlantile Death Rate (England & Wales) 66 65 64 59 57 NURSING ARRANGEMENTS, HOSPITALS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS AVAILABLE FOR THE DISTRICT. [A) HOME NURSING. The Dartford District Nursing Association, supported by voluntary con- tributions, maintains three District Nurses. The Corporation make a grant to this Association and in return the services of the Nurses are available for the home nursing of cases of Measles, Whooping Cough and cases referred by the Child Welfare Clinic.