[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Brixworth R.D.C.
- Brixworth (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1944
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Brixworth R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![for which the County Council is responsible, and includes:— Examination of infants and toddlers at three Infant Welfare Centres: Brixworth, Moulton and Welford. Medical inspection of children attending the public elemen- tary schools. Supervision of dairies and cowsheds concerned in the pro- duction and distribution of “ accredited ” and Tuber- culin tested milk. Supervision of rivers and streams, under the Rivers Pollution Prevention Acts. The Sanitary Inspector is also the Surveyor to the Council. He and his assistants prepare plans and est’mates and also super- vise the carrying out of all works on behalf of the local authority, and supervise all building in the District. Statistics and Social Conditions of the District. Area ... ... ... ... ... ... 82,944 acres Rateable Value 31 /12/44 ... ... ... £94,434 Sum represented by Id. rate ... ... ... £366/0/lld. Resident population and number of inhabited houses end of 1944 are not available for publication. The District is almost entirely rural in character, except in proximity to the County Borough of Northampton. Agriculture and dairy farming are the main industries, though ironstone quarrying gives employment to a number of men. Vital Statistics. Rate per 1,000 of the estimated population Total Male Female Brixworth England R.D. and Wales Deaths Deaths from . 242 114 128 15.06 -11.6 Puerperal Causes Nil Nil Nil Live Births . 325 177 148 20.23 17.6 Legitimate .. 307 168 139 Illegitimate . 18 9 9 32.67 [Rate per Stillbirths 11 9 2 Legitimate 11 9 2 1,000 total Illegitimate . .. Nil Nil Nil (Live and Still) Births] 0.68 0.50 (Rate per 1,000 of Civilian Population)](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28957714_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
