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

  • Droitwich (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Droitwich R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1937. TO THE DEOITWICH EUEAL DISTEIOT COUNCIL. ]VIr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I beg to submit the Annual Eeport for the year ending the 31st December, 1937, in accordance with the directions issued by the Minister of Health in Circular 1650, dated 4th October, 1937. SECTION A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Area (in acres) .... .... .... .... .... .... 51,453 Estimated Eesident Population, 1937 .... .... .... 11,000 No. of Inhabited Houses (end of 1937) 3500 Eateable Value £50,080 Sum represented by One Penny Eate .... £192 14s. 5d. The District is mainly agricultural, although a number of workers at the Salt Union Works, Stoke Works, reside within the area. Live Births. Total. M. E. 1 Legitimate 178 79 99 Illegitimate 3 — 3 Total 181 ' 79 102 Birth-rate per 1000 of Estimated Population .... 16.454