[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C.
- West Lancashire (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1939
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![HEALTH COMMITTEE. Dr. T. B. Calland, J.P. (Chairman). Mr. H. S. Moreton (Vice-Chairman). All Members of the Council. STAFF OF PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. Medical Officer of Health— H. E. MARSDEN, J.P., M.B., D.P.H., Barrister-at-Law. Sanitary Inspectors and Meat Inspectors— T. G. H. HUNTER, A.R.S.I. J. AINSWORTH, M.S.I.A. N. T. FENNAH, M.S.I.A. Clerk to Medical Officer of Health— Miss D. ROSCOE. All are whole-time officials. [To the Chairman and Members of the Health Committee.] Gentlemen, I have pleasure in presenting my Annual Report for the year 1939, which in accordance with Government instructions is merely statistical in form and conveys the bare essentials required to conserve our records. Yours obediently, (Signed) H. E. MARSDEN, Medical Officer of Health. October, 1940. Section A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. The following are the chief industries carried on in the area with details of the numbers of operatives engaged :— Works. Males. Females. Furniture Factory 219 26 Artificial Silk Factory . 935 332 Soap and Candle Manufacturers 61 114 Concrete Factory . 149 — Tin-box Factory 82 95 Brick Works 80 — Potato Crisp Factory . 29 75 Cotton Manufacturers . 46 138 These figures were correct at the end of 1939, but since the war such alterations have taken place both in the type of work done on the premises and in numbers of operatives, that it would not be possible, if indeed permissible, to publish any later details.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3026165x_0004.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
