[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrow-in-Furness County Borough.

  • Barrow-in-Furness (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrow-in-Furness County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION A.— STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Area of Borough in acres (land and inland water) 11,002 Population (1931 Census) 66,366 ,, (Estimated)—(Mid-Year, 1937) 65,810 Approx. No. of Inhabited Houses 1921—15,292. 1937—17,478 Rateable Value ;^379,500 Sum represented by a Penny Rate at 1st April, 1937 1,450 The boundaries, main industries and geological data have been recorded in previous reports, and there have been no changes during the year. 9 Increased industrial activity has been noteworthy, involving an influx of families into the town, and a decrease in unemployment. The lowest figure for unemployment was touched in September when the returns showed 1,660 unemployed. This compares with the peak figure of 9,694 recorded in IVIarch, 1933. Building activity has been marked, plans for the erection of 658 dwell- ing houses having been passed for the year ending 31st March, 1938, excluding Corporation houses, which numbered 153 for the same period. RAINFALL, Etc. I am indebted to Mr. C. Cheetham, the Headmaster of the Riscdale Central School, for the following summary of readings taken at the IMeteor- ological Station there :— Year 1937:— Total No. of hours of bright sunshine Average No. of hours per month Total amount of rainfall Average amount per month Relative Humidity (Average at 9 a.m.) 1,309 hrs. 15 mins. 109 hrs. 6 mins. 33.76 ins. 2.81 ins. 88% VITAL STATISTICS, 1937. Population : Census, 1931 :—66,366 .... Estimated (Mid. 1936) : 64,720 No. of Deaths 911 Death-Rate 14.0 No. of Births registered 1,020 No. of Still Births 34 Birth Rate 15.7 Illegitimate Births per 1,000 Births 40.1 Infantile Mortality per 1,000 Births 71.5 Illegitimate Infantile Mortality Rate 121.9 Legitimate Infantile Mortality Rate 69.4 No. of Births notified 1,017