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STATISTICS.
Population, 314,030. (1945, 264,480.)
Total live births, 6,267. (M. 3,209; F. 3,058.) (1945,4,482.)
Illegitimate births, 290.
Still-births, 144.
Birth-rate, 19.95 (1945, 16.94).
Total deaths, 3,736. (M. 1,871; F. 1,865.) (1945, 3,339.)
Death-rate, 11.89. (1945, 12.69.)
There were seven deaths from puerperal causes—equal to a
rate of 1.09 per 1,000 live and still births.
Deaths of children under one year of age were 202, the
infantile mortality rate being 32 per 1,000 births. (1945, 39.)
Deaths from Cancer 682 (1945, 537).
Measles 2 (1945, 4).
Whooping Cough 10 (1945, 3).
Tuberculosis 199 (1945, 179).
Tuberculosis death-rate .63 (1945, .67).
There was no unusual or excessive mortality during the
year.
STAFF.
All the members of the staff engaged on war service had
returned to duty by the end of the year.
The establishment of Sanitary Inspectors at the beginning of
the year was 20, but only 18 were working in the Department, as
Messrs. Langford and Newton were still on duty in other Departments
to which they had been seconded in 1944.
In March, 1946, the Council authorized the appointment of an
additional Inspector following Mr. Vicker's appointment as Chief
Sanitary Inspector as from October, 1945.
Mr. Newton resigned from the Council's service in May, leaving
two vacancies to be filled. One of these was filled in July by the
appointment of Mr. P. P. Leacock, who had been a temporary
Sanitary Inspector under the Council from September, 1940, to
August, 1943. The other vacancy had not been filled at the end
of the year.
The increase in the number of births during the year and the
setting up of the Home Help Service necessitated the appointment
of additional Health Visitors, and at their July meeting the Council
decided to make four new appointments. Miss J. Harris, Miss D. M.
Freeman, Mrs. D. Woolcock and Miss D. Sanderson were appointed
in October. Mrs. Woolcock resigned her appointment in December.