[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Newmarket U.D.C.
- Newmarket (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1920
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Newmarket U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ere eleven illegUiniate-ioiijrBrr-tyorn. -The birth rate for the number re.'-ietered for the District was 96, the death-rate beir« 10-05 per 1000, for the rest of England the death-rste was 12-4 per 1000. The principal cause of death was Pulmonaiy Tuberculosis 11, fencer 12, Heart Dieease 5, Bronchitis 8, Pneumonia 7, AceiaoEijlia) Death 2, Suicide 2. Infantile Dcath-nd,e. Eleven inifnts ciec ur.dar the age of one year - two bei.jg illegitioiate.- This gives er. infant mortality of 49-7 per 1000 births. The causes of death were:- Congenital Dob-.lity 7, Bronchitis 2, Corvrenital malforrration of Heart 1, malnutrition 1. Infantile death-rate for the whole of England was 80. Th.6 population for calculatin^r birthe and deaths 18 given as 9,749, this I consider is an underestir.-;to as froin observations mdo duriri^- inspections the town S3c:i]s over full. At the .last Census the population numbered 10,482, I irnve no doubt this number is now ejcceeded. ^p_r Duriiip; the year the ainount of poor law relief per head of population lias been as fol'iows:- Iridoor Hoi iof, 3/5vd. per uead of population. Outdoor belief, 2/2td, per horid of population. ^eaical i:elief. ppe nous hospital is provided for bona-fide Stablemen, but urgent cases froir. othe'r classes are ad¬ mitted and treated on the reccomiiiendation of the Hospital Doctors. SANITARY CTHCU^viSTAKCES OF TIE DISTRICT. 8.ater Supply. The District is possessed of a good supply of water, which is supplied b^r the Newirifirket t^terworks Co. Ltd., to whose mins most of the hou'^es are cori'iectod. Some houses still derive their water supply from private wells, hud durin^^ the year 17 samples from various private wells }iLve been ttiken, 3 ol these beii-)^-^ unsatisfactory, v/ith the result that orders to close these throe wells /mve been served . One well of t;:cse](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29906830_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
