[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Christchurch Borough.

  • Christchurch (Dorset, England). Borough Council
Date:
1942
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    mORT Ou? THB LIBJICAL n o^ To The Majror, Aldertaen and Bur^’essea of the Borough of Christchurch. G-entleaen, •f> ^ ^ ■•^0 yo^ lay fourteenth Annual Report I or the Borough of Christchurch which is for the year 1942, ' M-iv.4«+ In accordance with instructions received from the Minister of Health, this report is submitted in considerably curtailed foim, in view of the need for strict economy in the use of paper and owing to the greatlsr increased pressure placed upon my Department by war conditions. NATURAL AHD ^CIAL CORDITIQRa ; • 4. Infoimation together with many tables bearing upon vital statistics and sociological circumstances is to be found in all my Annual Reports up to the year 1939, Medical Officer of Health - Dr, C, Conyers Morrell, D,P,E. Sanitary Inspector - Mr, P. le V, Friend. Contributions to the salaries of the above officials are made under the Public Health Acts. 5CTMCTS .IROM VITAL SKMTI^Sra^OF^TES Y^tiR 1942; Area (in acres) 5,198. Registrar General*s estimate of population at the mid-year, 1942, for purposes of vital statistics - 15,200. Live Births Total Ma,les Feiuales Legitimate 250 136 114 Illegitimate 16 7 9 Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated population Still Births Total M^e^S ^Fem^al^^s^^ Legitimate 6 2 4 Illegitimate 1 1 0 Rate per 1,000 (live and StillJ births - 20,8, Deaths Total fr^les Females 203 88 115 17,5, Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population - 13,3. Deaths from Puerperal Gauaes None,