[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Midhurst R.D.C.

  • Midhurst (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Midhurst R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Statistics and Social Conditions (Contd.) rather than the exception even in small shops. Nevertheless the drop in the number of cases of food poisoning which might have been expected to result from these advances has been disappointing taking the country as a whole. Housewives and caterers cannot be reminded too often that meat, particularly meat in processed and made up recipes is the vehicle of infection in more than three quarters of outbreaks where the cause can be found. Cooling and refrigeration of cooked meat which is to be used again is the first defence against infection, and the second, and equally important, rule is - wash your hands before handling food and after using the lavatory. There was no notable incidence of disease during the year; details are given in Section VI of the report. GENERAL STATISTICS. Area in Acres .. .. .. 67,035 Number of Parishes .. .. 25 Registrar-General's Estimate of Population : 1958 mid-year 16,940 1959 mid-year 17,010 Number of Dwellings .. .. 5,741 Rateable Value (March, I960) .. £ 232,807 Sum Represented by a Penny Rate (March, i960) £ 925 VITAL STATISTICS Live Births MIDHURST RURAL DISTR] [CT Birth Rate per 1,000 (Total number (after Birth Rate Populat ion ad .iustment for transfers) per 1 ,000 West Sussex England Year Total Sex Illegitimate population Districts and M F Number % Crude Corr. Rural Urban Wales 1958 217 102 115 8 3.6 12.80 13.82 13.06 15.43 16.4 1959 249 130 119 7 2.8 14.63 15.80 13.89 14.90 16.5 Total (live and still) Births. im. Male Female Total Live Births 130 119 249 Still Births -A _1 _5 TOTAL BIRTHS 134 120 254