[Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough.

  • Southampton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1906
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Credit: [Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COUNTY BOROUGH OF SOUTHAMPTON, 1906. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. To THE Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors. AIr. AIayor and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit for your consideration, in compliance with the requirements of the Local Government Board, my Annual Report upon the condition of public health and a record of the work carried on in the Borough by the Health Department during the year 1906, together with statistical details. The work done and action taken under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, is also included in the Report. The death rate was the lowest ever recorded in South¬ ampton, being I3'2i, compared with I4'57 in the previous year. In the Annual Summary of the Registrar General for 1906, Southampton appears ninth on the list of the 76 great towns in England and Wales, compared with nineteenth place in 1905. The comparative mortality figures—given in the same summary—of the large towns on the South Coast for the year 1906—taking the death rate in England and Wales as 1,000, were :— Hastings ... 8.15 Southampton 846 Devonport 896 Brighton 943 Bournemouth ... ... 947 Portsmouth ... ... 997 Plymouth ... ... 1031 The year, from a public health point of view, was a favourable one. I am. Air. .Mayor and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, R. E. LAUDER, Medical Officer of Health.
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