[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C.
- West Lancashire (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1937
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[To THE Chairman and Members of the Health Committee]. Gentlemen, I ha.ve pleasure! in presenting to you my Annual Report upon the health of the District for the year 1937. The population shows a progressive increase; the Registrar General’s estimate at the middle of 1937 being 32,350, an increase of 1,780 over the figure, for tlie previous year. Building development continues apace and is providing accommodation for persons moving into the Rural Area from the towns. The birtli-rate shows an increase of .3 per 1,000 over the figure for 1936; the figuro for 1937 being 15.2 per 1,000. This represents an increasa of 1.7 per 1,000 over the average for the five years 1932-36. The death-rate shows an increase to 12.0 per 1,000 of the population as compared with 10.5 for 1936. Incidence of infectious disease upon the increased size of the population has not been unduly large. The severity in type of Diphtheria, however, has given considerable cause for alarm. The general health of the District throughout the year has been good. There have been no unusual circumstances giving rise to any particular form of invalidity. • I would again express my thanks to my colleagues in other depart¬ ments and to the staff of the health department for their support and devotion to duty. Yours obediently, (Signed) H. E. MARSDEN, Medical Officer of Health. May, 1938.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30261636_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
