[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Marlborough Borough.

  • Marlborough (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Marlborough Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LIBRARY Jfflarlborougf) Porougb. MEDICAL OFFICER’S ANNUAL REP FOR THE YEAR F040 Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit to you my 20th Annual Report on the Public Health and Sanitary Administration of your district. I regret that owing to the war I cannot complete 20 annual reports in the manner I would wish. This report is brief and is according to instructions received from the Ministry of Health in their circular 2067 dated July 19th 1940. I have the honour to remain, Your obedient servant, A. H. WILSON, 18 Victoria Road, Salisbury. Medical Officer of Health. VITAL STATISTICS. Population—Census 1931 : 3,492 Population—Estimated Mid 1939—4,667 (for birth-rate), 4,976 (for death rate). Area, 1,496 Acres Rateable Value : £35,602 Sum represented by Penny Rate : £142 5 0 Number of Inhabited Houses as shown by Rate Books end of 1939 ■ 1,298. Births, 1939. Male. Live 32 Still 1 Birth Rate, 1939. Live 16.1 Still 0.42 Female. Total. 44 76 (3 Illegitimate) 1 2 (0 Illegitimate) England and Wales Live 15.0 Still 0.59 Birth Rate England and Wales Deaths : Males, 25. Average last 10 vears 11.5 „ „ 10' „ 15.1 Females 27. Total, 52. 1939 Death Rate 10.4 Average last 10 years 10.9 England and Wales 12.1 ,, ,, 10 ,, 12.0 Number of deaths of infants under one year of age : Females 2. Total, 2. 1939 Infantile Mortality Rate (per 1,000 Live Births) 25.9 England and Wales 50.0 Infantile Mortality Average last 10 years 31.8 England and Wales ,,10 ,, 59.1 The AREAL COMPARABILITY FACTOR .96. Males 0