[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Diss U.D.C.
- Diss (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1914
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Diss U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TABLE IV. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1914. DEATHS FROM STaTEO eaUSES IIM WEEKS aiVD MONTHS UNDER ONE YEaR OF aCE. U H BAN DISTRICT OF D I S S. ('.\USE OF I)E.A.TH. Under 1 Week. 2-3 Weeks. 3-6 Months. Total Deaths under One Year. Syphilis ... 1 1 Premature Birth 1 i ... 2 Totals 1 1 1 3 Nett Births in the Year—legitimate 65, illegitimate 5—70. Nett Deaths in the year of infants 3. ]J>e£itl~its frooT. all Caases at all A^es, 4:7. 9.—Infantile Mortality. Mediiing the Deaths from all causes tinder the age of 12 months. This figure is three less than last year, and is about our average. ddie rate is 42.8. 10.—Births. Idle total figure is 70, the same as last year, which is 10 above our average tor the past ten years. There were 42 males and 28 females, and 5 were illegitimate. Curicmsly the last figure has not varied for some time. 11.—Excrement Disposal and Seaveng’ing*. All of tile new houses have been connected to the main sewers ^where possible Your Council pays a retaining fee to a scavenger, whose contract has been revised. 12.—Water Supply. This still remains as good and as constant as ever ; further, it has been tested beyond its primary contract supply, and that in its second year only, and it has stood the test well. These notes of the working of your water works I have obtained from Mr. Cooper, the superintendent.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29161551_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
