[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham R.D.C.
- Rotherham (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1939
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Rotherham R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SUMMARY OF STATISTICS. ROTHERHAM RURAL DISTRICT. Area (acres) . ... 28,739 Populaiion—1931 Census (corrected) ... ... 38,734 Population (Estimated 31st December, 1939) ... 41,156 Number of Inhabited Houses (Census, 1931) 8,673 Numi)er of Persons per House (Census 1931) 4-5 Number of Families or separate Occupiers (1931) 9,206 The population of the district is comprised chiefly of those employed in Coal Mining, Metal Works and Agriculture. Year.s 1939 1938 M e an of 1933—37 Mean o; 1928 -32 Population (Reeisirar General, 30th June) 40,603 39,830 40,785 39,138 N umber of Inhal)ited Houses (31st Dec.) 11,114 10,646 10.241 8,687 Rateable Value .. .. £ l&3,5-20 147,646 146,626 193,740 Sum represented bj’ a Penny Rate .. i; 5'.I3 541 550 718 Births - Number 845 761 794 831 Rate per 1,000 population 20-8 i91 19-4 21-4 Ditto England and Wales 150 15-1 14-7 16-1 Illegitimate Births per 1.000 Infants born 38 46 35 40 Deaths—Number 385 365 424 403 Nett Rate per 1,000 population 9-5 9-2 ]0'4 10-3 Corrected Rate for age and sex, etc... 11-7 11-4 12-5 11-1 Death Rate .. I'inelaml and Wales 12-1 11-6 12-1 12-2 Infantile Mortality—per 1,000 Bii th« 54 59 75 80 Itngliind ami Wales 50 53 59 66 Illegitimate Infants 31 — 106 126 Deaths under 1 year 46 45 59 66 pRiKCiHAL Causes of Death — Pulni'inii.r\ 'I'liherciilosis 14 14 u 19 “Other” 'I'uliei'culo.sis 4 4 6 Influenza 5 3 13 12 Pneumonia 29 23 35 37 Bronchitis 12 8 15 22 Cancer 56 53 49 38 Cerebral Ilannorrhage, &c. 20 22 19 IS Heart Di.sease .. 76 72 73 54 Acute and Chronic Neiihritis 3 7 11 6 Seven principal “lUoiic ” Diseases 13 r* t IS 30](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30043141_0004.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
