[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor U.D.C.
- Bognor Regis (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1925
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![To THE Chairman and Members of the Bognor Urban District Council. Mr. Chairman, Lady, and Gentlemen, I beg to lay before you my Fourth Aimual Report on the Health and Sanitary Conditions of the Urban District of Bognor, for the year ended 31st December, 1925. The Report for this year is a Survey Report, and in addition is the Statistics and General Report on the various Public Health Services for the year 1925, contains a review of the progress made since 1920, together with an account of any changes made during that period in the organisation and administration of matters relating to the Public Health. The opportunity is also taken of indicating services which will require extension or alteration in the near future. Study of the Report will show that progress has been made in Housing, Food Inspection, Sewage Disposal, and Disinfection ; previously existing Byelaws have been revised and new Byelaws framed ; many new Acts and Regulations relating to Public Health have come into force and have been administered. The Public Health Staff has been increased by the appointment of a whole-time Sanitary Inspector in succession to a part-time officer ; but the work of the Department has increased to such an extent that the appointment of an additional Sanitary Inspector has been approved by the Council, to come into effect at the beginning of 1926. The most important services which will require extension in the near future are Sewerage and Refuse Disposal. NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. The area of the District is 865 acres, and it is roughly semi-circular in shape. The aspect is nearly due South, and the land to the north extends in a level plain to the foot of the South Downs, six miles away. The air is pure and the climate mild, whilst sea breezes temper the heat in summer. The prevailing wind is S.W. The soil is a heavy loam on a sandy subsoil and surface water drains away very rapidly. The sands decline gradually from the Parade ; at high water the sea reaches the parade, and so the foreshore is washed twice daily. Population. The Census returns for 1921 showed the population to be 13,332, and the number of families or separate occupiers to be 2,525. The 1921 Census was taken in June, 1921, and consequently included a number of visitors ; the corrected estimate of the Registrar-General for 1921 was ] 1,490. This figure has been used as the basis for working out the various rates in vital statistics in the past, and will be used in this Report as the population for 1921. The following figures from the Census returns indicate the sex distribution of the population. Male Female Single ... ... 2734 4581 Married ... ... 2341 2746 Widowed ... 150 750 Males showed a slight excess over Females in age-groups up to 9 years. There was a considerable excess of Females in all subsequent age-groups, and this excess was most marked in the ages from 15—44 years.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28937053_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
