[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Newcastle-upon-Tyne City & County.

  • Newcastle upon Tyne (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Newcastle-upon-Tyne City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INHABITED HOUSES.— 77,758 inhabited houses, which, on the estimated population, shows an average of 3.73 j)ersons per dwelling. RATEABLE VALUE.—£2,543,478. A penny rate produced /9,919. SOCIAL CONDITIONS.—^The principal Trades and Occupa¬ tions are of a healthy nature, being generally engineering and machine making ; conveyance of men, goods, and messages ; building and works of construction, e.g., ship building ; and connected with ships and boats, sea-faring and harbour work ; food, tobacco, drink, and lodging ; coal and shale mines ; and commercial or business occupations. The amount of Public Assistance granted during the year ended 31st March, 1936, was £389,891 for out-door relief, and £40,070 for indoor maintenance, making a total of £429,961, as compared with £423,607 in the previous year. The number of registered male unemployed was 22,935 at the beginning of the year, and 17,193 at its close, whilst the figures for females were 2,804 and 2,159 respectively. The City contains many Hospitals and other medical charities, but since wide surrounding districts are also served by them, figures as to patients treated are not of local value. A list of municipal and voluntary hospitals serving the city is given on page 41. IViARRIAGES.—2,474 marriages took place during the year, as compared with 2,467 in 1935, and 2,312 in 1934. BIRTHS.—4,537, equivalent to a rate of 15.6 per 1,000 population. DEATHS.—(All causes)—5,148, (53 wneks) ec]uivalent to a gross rate of 17.3 per 1,000 population, and, after deduction of the deaths of 1,421 non-citizens and addition of 151 Newcastle residents who died elsewhere, to a net rate of 13.1 per 1,000 population. In 1935 the death rate was 12.6. 12 Orders jor Burial (Newcastle upon Tyne Improvement Act, 1882, Sec. 47) were made, 3 being in respect of bodies lying in inhabited rooms, and 9 being cases from hospital.