[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Christchurch Borough.

  • Christchurch (Dorset, England). Borough Council
Date:
1944
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    SEP451 Aa BOROUGH OP CIIRISTCHURCII REPORT QP TliE MEDICAL 0FFICEIU£S^‘‘^^TIL LlSRARr To Tlio Mayor, AlUormcn ^ of the Borough of ChristMj^^* h' Gentlemen, I beg to submit to you my sixteenth Annual Report for the Borough of Christchurch vhilch is for the year 1944, In accorUanco with instructions rciccived from tho Minister of Health, this report is again submitted in considerably curtailed form, in view of the need for strict economy in tho use of paper and owing to the continued increased pressure placed upon my Department by v/ar conditions. NATURAL A HD SOCIAL COI'DITIOHoJ. Detailed information together v/ith many tables^ bearing upon vital statistics and sociological circumstances is co be found in all my Annual Reports up to tho year 1939. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS; Medical Officer of Health - Dr. C. Conyers iviorrell., ^D eP «H, Sanitary Inspector « Mr. P, le V• Friend, M.R. San,io, ]\i a X « P 9 c 9 Contributions to the salaries of tho above officials are made under the Public Health Acts« EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF Tlffi, YEAR_l^,4j_ Area (in acres) - 5.198. Registrar General’s estimate of Population at tho mid—year, 1944 for purpose of vital statistics - 14.810. Live Births Total Males Females Legitimate 289 145 144 Illegitimate 41 20 21 Birth Rato per 1,000 of tho estimated population - Still Births Total Males Pemale s Legitimate 5 2 3 Illegitimate 1 •• 1 Rato per 1,000 total (live and still) births - 18® Deaths Total Males Females 210 102 108 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated population « 14.2. Deaths from Puerperal causes « 1. (other than from SepsisT