[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Plymouth Borough.

  • Plymouth (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Plymouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area Area (in acres) ... ... 9,515 (land and inland water) Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1939), according to Rate Books ... ... ... ... ... 41445 Number of Uninhabited Houses in the City at 31.12.39 (including 119 scheduled for demolition) ... 861 Rateable Value of the City ... ... ... ... £1,901,317 Sum represented by a Penny rate ... ... ... £7,922 Social Conditions. Unemployed persons in the City :— Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Total December, 1939 ... 1,650 978 88 144 2,860 December, 1938 ... 5,075 1 008 58 124 6,265 December, 1937 ... 5,567 899 111 194 6,771 December, 1936 ... 6,354 1,022 163 208 7,747 December, 1935 ... 7,157 1,057 214 230 8,658 Registrar-General’s estimate of resident population (mid-1939):— For Birth-rate purposes ... ... ... 220,800 For Death-rate purposes ... ... ... 215,500 Live Births. Total. M. F. Legitimate ... 3,249 1,666 1,583 Birth-rate per 1,000 Illegitimate ... 197 100 97 of the estimated resident population 3,446 1,766 1,680 .15.6 Stillbirths. Legitimate ... 120 69 51 Rate per 1,000 total Illegitimate ... 7 1 6 (live and still) births — .35.5 127 70 57 Deaths 2,719 1,398 1,321 Death-rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population .12.61 Deaths from Puerperal Causes (headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar- General’ s short list):— Rate Deaths. per 1,000 total (tlive and still) Births. No. 29. Puerperal Sepsis 2 0.55 No. 30. Other Puerperal causes 9 2.51 3.06 Death-rate of Infants under one year of age:— All infants per 1,000 live births ... ... 42.04 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 42.47 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 35.53