[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Leek R.D.C.
- Leek (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1923
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Leek R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Rural Area, as it is the first complete year since its acreage and population were reduced by the transference of a portion of the parish of Norton to the County Burgh of Stoke-on-Trent. The acreage is 66.587 acres, and the population, as calculated by the Registrar-General. 14,400, which gives over 4i acres for each inhabitant. The births numbered 260—119 males and 111 females, and of these. 5 males and 4 females, were illegitimate. 'I ho Birth-vme ]JfUb pet 1,000 17.9. Since 1913 the birth-rate has been onlv on two occasions below 20, viz., 1917 and 1922, when it was 19.1 and 19.9. Since the conclusion of the war. the birth-rate was 23 in 1919. 24 in 1920, 24.3 in 1921. The marked reduction din¬ ing the last two years is due to the transference of a large in dustrial area to another authority.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29723541_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
