[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Lanark County Council.

  • Lanarkshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Lanark County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (EXCLUSIVE OF BURGHS). Report of the County and District Medical Officer. Year 1929. Staff. In addition to the Medical Staff given on the opposite page, two Medical Officers are also employed in connection with the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme in the Middle Ward District. During the year Dr. Edgar A. Underwood resigned his position to take up an appointment in Rotherham, Yorkshire. The vacancy thus created was filled by the appointment of Dr. George W. Murray, who was previously employed in connection with the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme in the Middle Ward District. The Area of each of the three Sanitary Districts of the County is as follows:—Middle Ward, 184,683 acres; Upper Ward, 326,803 acres; and Lower Ward, 21,101 acres. The Population, as ascertained at the Decennial Censuses, 1891, 1901, 1911, and 1921, as well as the estimated population for the years 1922-1929, are given in the following tabular statement. The population, estimated to the middle of the year, is based upon the number of occupied houses according to the Valuation Roll and the institution population in the annual Police Census :— * Does not include the population (5,642) in the area annexed to the Burgh of Govan as from 15th August, 1901. Statistics. ('Census Population.) Year. Middle Ward. Upper Ward. Lower Ward. County. 1891, - 142,548 37,005 30,261 209,814 1901, - 179,363 40,420 *41,531 261,314 1911, - 202,663 42,978 56,974 302,615 1921, - 218,817 46,701 29,933 295,451