Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1922 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Section t.
General Statistics. Area of Borough 2265 acres (excluding area covered by water 2253 acres)
Population Census, 1921 | 86,153 |
Number of inhabited houses ditto | 12,557 |
Number of families or separate occupiers, ditto | 21,520 |
Rateable Value, 1st April, 1922. | £1,152,027 |
Sum represented by a penny rate. | £4,690 1s. 6d |
Summary of Vital Statistics for 1922.
Population cstimated to middle of 1922 | 86,920 | ||||
Density | 38 persons per acre. | ||||
Marriages | 718 | ||||
Marriage-Rute | 16.5 | ||||
M. | F. | Totals | |||
Births | Legitimate | 595 | 615 | 1210 | 1,290 |
Illegitimate | 40 | 40 | 80 | ||
Birth-Bate | 14.8 | ||||
Deaths | 970 | ||||
Death Rate | 11.1 | ||||
Deaths of Infants under 1 year | 72 | ||||
Infantile Mortality Rate | 56 | ||||
Maternal Deaths-No. of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth | At home | In hospital. | 6 | ||
(1) From Sepsis | 1 | 2 | |||
(2) Other Causes | 2 | 1 | |||
Deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System | 52 | ||||
Death-Bate from ditto | 0.60 | ||||
Deaths from All Forms of Tuberculosis | 69 | ||||
Death-Bate from ditto | 0.79 |