[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Worksop R.D.C.
- Worksop (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1937
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Worksop R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, MUNICIPAL OFFICES, RETFORD. To the Chairman and Members of the Worksop Rural District Council. Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report on the health of the district during the year 1937. The Report has been compiled in accordance with the instructions issued by the Ministry of Health in their Circular 1650 dated the 4th October, 1937. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant. ]. M. H. CONWAY. Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area. Area ... ... ... ... 27,548 acres Population (census) 1921 ... ... ... 5,070 Population (estimated) 1937 ... 14,760 Number of inhabited houses (1921) ... 1,183 Number of inhabited houses (1937) ... 3,760 Rateable Value ... ... ... £66,664 Sum represented by a penny rate ... £253 On the Southern side of the district the chief occupation of the inhabitants is agriculture, and in the North, it is a mixture of agriculture and coal mining.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30294447_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)