[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough.

  • St. Helens (Merseyside, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    METEOROLOGY.—The total rainfall for the year was 36 45 inches. The annual rainfall since 1890 is shown in Table 2. The highest! temperature in the shade during the year was on July 24th when it reached 885°F. The lowest was 21 *3° F. on the 1 4th November. The prevailing winds during the year were W. & N.-W. In addition to the daily readings at the Corporation Observatory in Victoria Park, a special deposit guage is maintained in the centre of the town for the collection and measurement month by month of the amount of atmospheric pollution. This has shown the amount of total solids deposited in St. Helens during the year April, 1925 to March, 1926, to be 2 7,590 metric tons per 100 square kilometres or approximately 2483 pounds per acre. II.—VITAL STATISTICS. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR : M. F. Total. Births :—Legitimate ... ... 1310 1241 2551 Illegitimate ... 43 36 79 Totals ... 1353 1277 2630 Birth Rate ... 23 9 Deaths :—Total ... ... 1316 Death-rate (R.G.) 12 0 Number of women dying in or in con- from Sepsis . 7 sequence of child birth ... 14 from other causes ... 7 Deaths of infants under one year of age :— M. F. Total. Legitimate ... ... 148 104 252 Illegitimate ... ... 6 5 11