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PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE
(who are also the Committee appointed for Maternity and Child Welfare purposes.)
1941.
HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR :
Councillor Douglas Timins, J.P., O.B.E., M.A.
ALDERMEN:
{F. W. Dean, J.P., L.C.C. J. Fettes, J.P.
COUNCILLORS :
Miss M. Barry. †Capt. Gerald Lowry.
‡F. Y. Bright. *Miss Joyce Marsh.
F. V. Cullen, F.S.I., F.A.I. (Deputy Chairman). ‡Mrs. C. M. Phillips.
Mrs. E. B. Davis. ‡The Hon. Mrs. A. E. Pleydell-Bouverie.
Dr. C. A. Fuller (Chairman). ‡C. H. Press.
*L. W. Hammond. G. B. Ramsay.
*Capt. C. Hargreaves. T. W. Robinson, A.C.A.
*Mrs. M. G. Harris. *H. Norman Toomey, L.D.S., R.C.S.
Mrs. Carr Q. Henriques. Capt. Robert Whitney, M.B.E.
Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs.
*Members until November, 1941.
‡Members from November, 1941.
†Resigned April, 1941.
SECTION A—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area of Borough : (a) exclusive of area covered by water, 1,427.8 acres ; (b) including area covered by water, 1,473 acres.
Resident population : 1921 census—104,173 ; 1931 census—97,620.
Registrar-General's estimate of civilian population : 1941—49,260.
Number of inhabited houses : 1921—18,507 ; 1931—17,575.
Number of families or separate occupiers (1931), 27,352.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.
Live Births— Total M. F.
Legitimate 377 192 185 Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated
Illegitimate 83 50 33 i civilian population 9.34
Stillbirths 17 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births 35.64
Deaths (all ages) 960 1 Death Rate per 1,000 estimated civilian
population 19.49
Rate per 1,000
Deaths from Puerperal causes— Deaths. total (live and
still) births
Puerperal Sepsis — —
Other Puerperal causes 1 2.43
Total 1 2.43
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age—
All infants per 1,000 live births 41.77
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 36.92
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 60.98
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 124
Deaths from Measles (all ages) —
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 5
Population.—The civilian population of the Borough for the year 1941, as estimated by the Registrar-General, is
49,260, and this figure is used in calculating the various rates given in this report.
Births—Registration.—The number of births registered during 1941 was 460, being 70 less than in 1940. Of the
children born, 242 (192 legitimate ; 50 illegitimate) were boys and 218 (185 legitimate ; 33 illegitimate) girls. The
birth rate per 1,000 of the population was 9.34 as against 8.52 in 1940.