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STAFF.
The following new; appointments were made during the year:-
Dr.W.H.Brodie - Deputy M.O.H
Dr.J.P.Crichton - Deputy M.O.H.
Mrs.F.Harrison - Dental Surgeon.
Mrs.F.V .Atkinson - Clerioal Assistant.
Mr.D.W.Flatman - Junior Clerk.
The following left for the reasons stated:-
Dr.Melville Watkins - (Deputy M.O.H. ) - To H.M.Forces.
Dr. W.H. Brodie (Deputy M.O.H.) - Resigned.
Dr.J.F.Crichton (Deputy M.O.H.) - Resigned.
Mr.L.Kemp (Clerical Assistant) - To H.M.Forces.
Miss P.Parsons (Dental Attendant) - Resigned.
Mr.R.D VViishire (Junior Clerk) - To Merchant Navy.
STATISTICS _--ND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) ... ... ... 4,343.
Number of Assessments. 1st.April, 1942 . . 35,807
Rateable value ... ... ... £859,134
Sum represented by penny rate ... ... £3,163.
Stillbirths ..52 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births..
29.5
Deaths ...1140 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident
population
Deaths from puerperal causes:- Rate per 1,000 (live and
still) births.
Puerperal Sepsis .... 1 0.56
Other Puerperal Causes .... 1 0.56
Total... 2 1.13
Death rate of infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 40
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births .... 40
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births.. 53
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 0
" " Whooping Cough (all ages) 4
" " Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 7
Zymotic disease death rate 0.12
Pulmonary Tuberculosis death rate 0.43
Non-pulmonary " " " 0.11
The natural increase of population, i.e., excess of births over
deaths, was 578.
Births.- Births are dealt with under the Maternity and Child
Welfare Section of the Report.
Deaths.- The Registrar-General's classification of causes of
death by sex totals is given.
The total number of deaths in 1942 (1140) compares with 1,253
during 1941.
4.
Extracts from Vital Statistics.- The Registrar-General's
mid-year, 1942, estimate of opulation has been used for the
calculation of all vital statistics: -
Total
Ma le s
Females.
Live
Births
(Legitime te....
1662
835
827
Birth rate per 1,000
of the estimated resident
population -17.4
(Illegitimate..
56
30
26
(Total
1718
865
853