[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Dartford Borough.
- Dartford (England). Borough Council
- Date:
- 1952
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Dartford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![BOROUGH OF DARTFORD Annua] Report for 1952 of the Medical Officer of Health ro THE MAYOR,, ALDERMEN AND COUNCILLORS OF THE BOROUGH OF DARTFORD August, 1953 Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am writing to amplify the statistical material of the annual report on the public health of the Borough of Dartford for the year 1952. Accounts of the limitations of these reports, method of social classification, social conditions of the town, water supplies and drainage, treatment services and personal health services, age distribution of population and ideas on future population and a glossary have been given in previous reports and will not be repeated here POPULATION For the fourth year in succession the estimate of home population has decreased;~ 1949 1950 1951 1952 Population 40, 580 40. 440 40,050 40 0 20 The excess of births over deaths is the lowest on recent record* 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 Births 816 722 656 594 562 533 Deaths 392 346 369 390 372 421 Excess 424 376 287 204 190 112 BIRTHS The decline in the annual number of births mentioned in previous i continued in 1952 •• 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 Births 816 722 656 594 562 533 Birth Rate 21 5 18. 1 16 2 14 0 13 4 12 8 Birth Rate for England](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29150139_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
