[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Ince-in-Makerfield U.D.C.
- Ince-in-Makerfield (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1943
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Ince-in-Makerfield U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![1. Statistics and Social Conditions of th, Area. Area : 2,320. acres. Population (Census 1931) : 21,763. Estimated mid-1943 (Registrar General): 19,030 Total Number of Houses (Census 1931) : 4,630. Number of Inhabited Houses at end of 1943, according to Rate Books : 5,237. Rateable value: 4:63,082. Sum represented by a Penny Rate: £262 (gross). Ince is essentially an industrial area, the principal industry being coal mining. In addition, wagon works, railway work and cotton spinning mills give employment to both sexes. Unemployment is practically non-existent in the District. VITAL STATISTICS. Male Female TOTAL Live Births) Legitimate 203 185 ' 388 \ Illegitimate 9 7 16 TOTAL...212 TC 404 Male Female TOTAL Still Births ... 7 10 17 Male Female TOTAL Deaths of Infants (Legitimate 13 15 28 under 1 vear of age].,,, . . ^ (Illegitimate 1 — 1 TOTAL... 14 15 29 DEATHS... 134 108 242 Birth Kate per I,IKK) of the estimated population mid-1943 21.2 Death Rate per 1,(K)() of the estimated resident population 12.7](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29495350_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)


