[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire Council
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I»ART 1. THE ADMINISTJRATIVE COUNTY. POPULATION. The population for the whole Administrative County was in 1891 236,827, and in 1901, 239,783. In 1901 the total population of the urban and rural districts, containing a small part of Stafford¬ shire, was 240,606 and it is estimated to be 241,604 in the middle of 1904. This is the population on which the county rates are calculated. The populations on which the district rates are calculated are those estimated from local knowledge by the Medical Officers of Health. In some of the districts corrections of the population have been made on account of the public institutions. The population of the Registration County is estimated at the middle of 1904 to be 260,772. It includes certain small portions of the administrative counties of Chester, Flint, Denbigh, Mont¬ gomery, Hereford, Worcester and Stafford. It does not, however, include certain portions of the Administrative County of Salop which are situated in the Registration Counties of Montgomery, Radnor, Worcester, and Stafford. The registration county is the area used bv the Registrar-General for his mortality statistics relating to this county. It is also the area used by the Local Government Board for the vaccina¬ tion statistics. In this report the statistics refer to the Administrative County unless stated otherwise. Table i. Population &c., in Urban and Rural Districts. Urban Districts. Inhabited houses. Population. 1891 1901 AverageNo ofpersonsto each house 1891 Males. 1901 Females Total. Percentage, Increase or Decrease between 1891 & 1901. Bishop’s Castle .. 361 354 3.9 1586 666 712 1378 — 13.1 Bridgnorth 1215 1300 4.6 5865 2791 3261 6052 + 3.2 Church Stretton.. 131 147 5.5 770 399 417 816 + 5.9 Dawley .. 1523 1633 4.6 6996 3940 3582 7522 + 7.5 Ellesmere 392 425 4.5 1830 868 1077 1945 6.2 *Ludlow .. 959 1372 4.6 4460 3065 3308 6373 -1- 2.0* Newport 714 720 4.5 3403 1518 1723 3241 4.7 Oakengates 2117 2187 4.9 10680 5739 5167 10906 + 2.0 Oswestry.. 1778 2083 4.6 8496 4507 5072 9579 -t- 12.7 Shrewsbury 5600 6065 4.6 26967 13423 14972 28395 -H 5.3 JWellington 1284 1327 4.7 5909 3049 3234 6283 -1- 6.3 Wem 406 453 4.7 1878 987 1162 2149 -1- 14.4 W’^enlock. 3447 3568 4.4 15703 7998 7868 15866 + 1.0 Whitchurch 1006 1129 4.6 4930 2476 2745 5221 + 5.9 All Urban Districts 20933 22763 4.5 99473 51426 54300 105726 + 4.4*