[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Ross-on-Wye U.D.C.

  • Ross-on-Wye (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Ross-on-Wye U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION A> - STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OP THE /iREA. AroB. (in acres): 1,004. Number of inhabited houses (end of 1940) according to Rate Books: 1,321 Rateable Value; ••• •*. ,,, ,,, ,,, £31,320 Sum represented by a penny rate: . £i30, 10. Od. Extract from vital statistics of the year: Registrar General’s estimate of resident population, mid-1940: 5,262. Live Births Legitimate Illegitimate For I.M. etc. Total, Male, Female, 83 39 44 725 For B,rate. Total, Male, Female, 76 37 59 725 Birth Rate per Stillbirths 1,000 of estimated resi/'ent population: Total, Iviale Female, 1 - 1 15.8 Rate per 1,000(live and still)births 10,9 Total, Male, Peinale, Deaths 92 52 40 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population: 17«5 Adjusted Death Rate (Comparability Factor: 0,83) 14,6 Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar General’s Short List,):- Deaths, Sate per 1,000 total births. No, 29,— Puerperal Sepsis Nil, No, 30,— Other Puerperal Causes Nil, Total ,», ,,, ,,, ,,, Nil, Nil. Nil. Nil. Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:- All infants per 1,000 live births: Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births: Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births; Deaths from Cancer (all ages) ........... ” ” Measles (all ages) ...!.*]!.*!! Whooping Cough (all ages) ... *' ” Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) ., ., .[ 67 72 Nil 9 Nil Nil Nil SECTION B,- GEr>JERi-iL PROVISION OF S:Eir/ICES FOR TIE I^A, Laboratory Facilities: These remain unchhnged. The follo’ving specimens were examined during the year by the County and City Public Health Laboratory:- S^mbs .. Sputa . Faeces ,,,,,,,. Urine Derebro-spinal Fluid , Hairs for Ringworm ,. Milk for organisms ,, Water: Chemical Bacteriological 70 22 3 3 1 2 12 5 11