[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Winsford U.D.C.

  • Winsford (Cheshire, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Winsford U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WINSFORD URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL Health Report for 1945 To the Chairman and Members of the Winsford Urban District Council. Gentlemen, I beg to submit the following statement of essential matter® affecting the Public Health of the Town during the year 1945. SECTION A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Area ... ... ... ... ... 7,094 acres. Population—Registrar-General's latest estimate of population ... 10,720 Number of inhabited houses (end of 1945) ... 3,337 Rateable value ... ... ... ... £48,861 Sum represented by a penny rate ... ... £195 The following extracts from vital statistics of the year relate to net births and deaths after correction for inward and outward transfers by the Registrar-General:— Total. Live Births (Legitimate 151 (Illegitimate 22 Still Births (Legitimate 4 (Illegitimate 3 Deaths 157 M. b\ 73 78) Birth rate per 1 000 of 14 8) the estimated resident population ... 16.13. 1 3) Rate per 1,000 total 1 2) (live and still) births 38.88. 69 88 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population ... 14.64. Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General’s Short List) :— Deaths. Rate per 1.000 total (live and still) births No. 29 Puerperal Sepsis ... 1 5.55. No. 30 Other Puerperal Causes ... 1 5.55. Total 11.10.