[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Lydd U.D.C. / Borough.

  • Lydd (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Lydd U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    B 0 R 0 U G H li&Rar* OF L Y D D ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR 1 9 A 8 TO THE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL OF THE. BOROUGH OF LYDD MR. MAYOR, ALDERMEN & COUNCILLORS The Area of the Borough is 11 ,932 acres. The resident population in mid-1948 was 2,338* The number of inhabited houses at the end of the year 1948 according to the Rate books was 920. The Rateable Value was £l6,2l5« The sum represented by a Id, Rate was £60. VITAL STATISTICS Males Females Total Live Births Legitimate 26 23 49 Illegitimate — — — —- 2S 23 49 This gives a BIRTH RATE of 20,95 per 1 ,00C of the estimated resident population. The Birth Rate for ENGLAND AND WALES was 17.90 per 1,000. Birth Rates fer the PAST FIVE YEARS Lydd England & ] 1944 19706 17.60 1945 17.93 1 6.1 0 1946 24.48 19.1 0 1947 24.52 20.50 1943 20.95 17.90 Average 21.38 TST24 Stillbirths Males 1 Females 1 Total 2 Deaths Males 13 Females 9 Total 22 This gives a DEATH RATE of 9.41 per 1 ,000 of the estimated population. The Death Rate for ENGLAND AND WALES was 10.80. Death Rates for the LAST FIVE YEARS Lydd England & 1 1944 1 8.43 11 .W 1945 1 3. 60 11.40 1946 14.90 11.50 1947 10. 84 1 2.00 1948 9.41 1 0.80 Average 15* 04 11.48 Deaths from Pueperal sepsis NIL Deaths from other pueperal causes NIL