[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Sherborne U.D.C. / Town.

  • Sherborne (Dorset, England). Town Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Sherborne U.D.C. / Town. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SI-IERBORNE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. MNUAL REPORT OF THE KfflDIGAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR 1 9 4 9. A. Area - 1,648 acres. Rateable value - £57,751 Production of a penny rate - £220. Vital Statistics. Population (Register General's Estimate) - 7,280 LIVE BIRTHS. Comparative figures for (a) North Dorset (b) England Male. Female. Total (94) Legitimate Illegitimate 39 33 6 55 ; 49 1 Rate per 1,000 1 resident popj 1 = 12.9 14.6 STIILBIRTHS Total (Nil) •• — Rate per 1,000 resident popj = Nil. 0.2 DEATHS Total (75) 40 35 Rate per 1,000 resident pops = 10.3 10.2 Deaths in i^ants under 0^ year (2) 1 1 Infantile death rate per 1,000 live births =21.2 23.1 y/ales. 16.7 0,39 11.7 32. Deaths from Tuberculosis - 2 Deaths from diarrhoea in infants - Nil Deaths from maternal causes - Nil B. personal Health Services in the district. The Personal Health Services, and the Ambulance Service are administered by the Ministry of Health (through the Regional Hospital Board) or by the Dorset County Council. I do not feel that it is necessary to draw your attention to any matters concerned with these services. Laboratory Services. The County Laboratory has continued to render neipiul and efficient services during the year. The services of the Laboratory are available for the examination of water, milk and ice cream samples and for various investigations in connection with the con rol of infectious disease, a copy of all reports 'sent by the Laboratory to hospitals or private medical practitioners in the district, which mas?- be of public health interest, are sent to your Medical officer of Health and are of particular value to him.
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