[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.

  • Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1926
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    9/100 (page 7)
    SECTION II. GENERAL STATISTICS AND FEATURES. The County Borough of Darlington is situated in a glaciated area through which the River Skerne flows. The subsoil consists □f beds of sand, clay and magnesian limestone. A large part of the town is in consequence on lowlands on each side of the Skerne, and the climate is somewhat enervating, mild and humid. While it is the natural centre of the neighbouring agricultural district in Durham and in Yorkshire, its inhabitants are principally occupied in trades connected with various branches of the railway and engineering work. Area of the Borough.—4,614 acres. Population.—At the 1921 Census Darlington County Borough dad the largest intercensal numerical increase in County Durham. This, in conjunction with a much higher rate of increase during the preceding decennium, accounts for the rapid growth from 15,506 in 190] to 65,842 in 1921. The Registrar General estimates the mid-year population for 1926 at. 70,700, an increase of 1,570 3ver last year. Owing to the low birth rate the natural increase das been only 6 per thousand compared with 11.5 for County Durham as a whole. Census Statistics, 1921— Average Rooms per Dwelling •••• ■••• 4.41 Families per Dwelling •••• •••• 1.06 Persons per Family .... 4..39 Rooms per Person 0.94 Number of Private Families 14,48.3 Structurally separate Dwellings occupied.... 1.3,6.34 Population living more than 2 persons to one Room 10,912 Number of Families sharing a separate Dwelling • • • • • • • • 849 This represents 5.8 per cent, of the total families, and com- pares with 10 per cent, for England and Wales as a whole.