[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.

  • Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
Date:
1914
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Credit: [Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUMMARY OF STATISTICS And General Information relating to the County Borough of Bournemouth. (1) Area of County Borough. 6643 acres. (2) Geological Information. Bagshot Sands Series. Subsoil—Silicious sand (3) Population. Census of March, 1911: 78.674. Density of Population: No. of persons per acre, 12.79. ,, ,, house, 5.24 (Census 1911). (4) Birth Rate. 13.42 per 1,000 in 1914. (5) Infantile Mortality. 75.3 per 1,000 births. (6) Death Rate (Corrected). 9.53 per 1,000. (7) Zymotic Death Rate. 0.16 per 1,000. (8) Phthisis Death Rate. .81 per 1,000. (9) Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases per 1,000 of the Population. Scarlet Fever 1.4, Diphtheria 2.09, Enteric Fever .03, Variola .0. (10) Number of Inhabited Houses. (1911) 15,000, (1914) 16,300. (11) Rateable Value. £761,434 13s. 6d. (12) Rates. General District Rate. 5s. 3d., includes Poor Rate, Education Rate, and Borough Rate. (13) Water Supply. Constant Service from deep artesian wells at Wimborne, situate about 11 miles from Bournemouth. (14) Sewage Disposal by water carriage, outfalls into the sea at Double Dykes, Fisherman’s Walk, Boscombe Chine, Bournemouth, and Alum Chine. 4'here are separate Storm-water Outfalls also discharging into the sea. (15) Price of Gas. 2s. 6d. per 1,000 cubic feet. Price of Water. 4£ per cent, under £20 rental; 5 per cent, over £20 rental. Price of Electric Light. 6^-d. lor lighting, 2-|d. for power, l-|d. for heating. (16) Rainfall. 42.70 inches. (17) Bright Sunshine. 1841 hours 50 minutes.