[Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrow-in-Furness County Borough.

  • Barrow-in-Furness (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1932
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Credit: [Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrow-in-Furness County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The County Borough of Barrow-in-Furness is situated on the Southern extremity of the Peninsula of Furness, in the County of Lancaster. It is bounded on the North by the Dalton-in-Furness Urban District, on the East and South by Morecambe Bay, and on the West by the Irish Sea. In 1871 the population was 18,911. At the 1911 Census the number had increased to 63,770, and in 1931, to 66,366. An estimate supplied by the Registrar General for mid-year, 1931, gives 66,540. The main industries are the Naval Construction, Shipbuilding, and Engineering Works of Messrs. Vickers-Armstrongs, Limited ; the Barrow Hematite Steel Company; and the Barrow Paper Mills Ltd. A limited number of girls are employed at the latter works. The sub-soil of the greater part of the central part of the town is boulder clay, which has been largely utilized for brick-making ; whilst that of the outlying portion to the North-East, extending in that direction from the foot of East Mount, is principally red-drift, derived from the denudation of red sandstone, with inter-bedded water-logged sand in places. There is a small area extending from St. George’s Church northward as far as Greengate Street, which is sandy, and lower down towards Salthouse the strata is soapy clay mixed with sand, apparently an old foreshore. Barrow Island and Vickerstown are both on boulder clay. VITAL STATISTICS, 1932. Population : Estimated :—66,540... ... ... Census, 1931 :—66,366 No. of Deaths ... ... ... ... ... . ... 830 Death-Rate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 124 No. of Births registered ... ... ... ... ... ... 990 No. of Still Births ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 49 Birth-Rate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 149 Illegitimate Births per 1,000 births ... ... 48 5 Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births ... ... ... ... Ill Illegitimate Infantile Mortality rate ... ... ... ... 20 4 Legitimate Infantile Mortality rate ... ... ... ... 80 7 No. of Births notified ... ... ... ... ... ... 919 No. of Maternal Deaths ... ... ... ... ., ... 3 Rate per 1,000 Births ... ... ... ... ... 3.0 Percentage of Births notified ... ... ... ... ... 92-9 No. of Births notified by— (a) Registered Mid wives 618 (b) Matron, Risedale Maternity Home ... ... 232 (c) Medical Practitioners ... ... ... ... 26 (d) Parents ... 43
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