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

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

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    Barnsley is now the 6th town in the West Riding, having recently displaced Rotherham from that position. The number of Private Families and structurally separate Dwellings occupied at the 1921 Census were as follows :— Barnsley Ardsley Monk Bretton Worsboro’ Common Private Structurally separate Families. Dwellings. 11500 ... 11-161 1423 ... 1382 1076 ... 1004 Not shewn separately. OVERCROWDING—CENSUS OF 1921. Population Total with Dess .3 & under Popltn. Percentage than .3 rooms .5 rooms Over- of Total per person, per person.crowded Population. Barnsley 690 7150 7840 xA.rdsley 94 1225 1319 Monk Bretton 110 839 949 Worsborough Not given (part of). t Great care should be used in drawing any deduction from the figures supplied, owing to the confusion caused by the lateness of the 1921 Census and to the Borough Extension. The Rateable Value of the Borough is rather low, at April 1st, 1926 being only £278,070, and it is estimated that a penny in the £ will produce net, £1,000 for the Poor Rate and £1,005 .for the General District Rate. 2. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR. Births—Legitimate .. Total . 1597 Males 827 Females 770 1 Birth Rate Illegitimate 87 44 43 1 23.66 Deaths ,. 984 536 448 Death Rate 13.82 Number of Women dying in, or in consequence of Child-birth: From Sepsis ... ... ... 4 From Other Causes ... ... 6 Deaths of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 Births:— Legitimate, 106. Illegitimate, 126 Total—107 Deaths from Measles (all ages) 16 „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) ... 13 Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 33