[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Farnham U.D.C.
- Farnham (Surrey, England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1913
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Farnham U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
4/10
![since, as tlie Council were clear that the milk, as supplied, was not of sufficient cleanliness to be at all satisfactory ; but, before taking any definite action, they desired to know what further ]>owers would be conferred upon them by the proposed Bill of the President of the Local Gov^ernment Board, which, it was exj)ected, would have been passed into law. From enquiries I have made during the year I believe a very (considerable quantity of milk is brought into the town by rail from long distances away, under which circumstances it is scarce!)’’ possible that it can reach the consumers in good condition, considering its extremely delicate composition—at any rate, all through the hot weather—and tliat of the milk distributed, even from the town or neighbourhood, very insufficient care is taken to keep it clean. I have received a list of samples of food and drugs analysed by the County Authorities, among which ten samples of milk are noted as having been examined, with the result that one was found adulterated, one prosecution instituted, and one con- viction obtained. BIRTH AND DEATH RATE. Month. r Total per month. De. ['own ai Under I year. iTHS. id Union. T uberculosis i j Zymotic Diseases. Births. Town and Union. January ... 17 1 3 9 February 14 2 i 1 1 9 March 17 2 12 April 8 1 15 May 18 ! 3 21 June 12 1 1 12 July 10 1 11 August ... 9 2 11 September 13 1 1 12 October ... 10 2 19 November 8 1 1 16 December 16 2 1 1 10 Outward Transfers 81 22 Inward Transfers 8 3 Total nett for Town (excluding Union) 79 8 5 2 138 Per 1,000 per ann. 10-38 105 0-66 0-26 18-13 Ditto in 1912 10-53 1-33 1-07 1-2 19-2 Ditto in 1911 13-58 3-66 1 i 2-71 25-93 There has been a still further drop in the birth rate, the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29202693_0004.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
