[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Housing- work in the County still make® progress although hampered by the! high cost of materials. Altogether 390 new houses have been completed, com¬ pared with 242 in 1920, and 46 in 1919. With the exception] of the extension of the main from Barlby to Osgodby, no new works of Public water supplies have been undertaken. My thanks! are due to the District Medical Officers for their co-operation, and to the staff, both professional and clerical, who have worked with me during the year. I have the honour to be, Your obedient Servant, County Hall, B. L. THOBYEEY. Beverley, July, 1922. The following is a summary of the rates (per 1,000 of the population) of the Births and Deaths in the Administrative County for the year 1921, together with the corresponding rates for England and Wales. Adminis¬ trative County. Municipal Boroughs and Urban Rural Districts. England and Wales. Districts. Birth-Rate . .. 21*14 19-83 1370 22*00 22*4 Death-Rate . 12-37 11*50 12-1 Death-Rate among Infants under 1 year (per 1000 births). Death-Rate from Principal Epi- 76-30 76-70 76-10 83*0 demic Diseases.. •43 *55 •34 — „ „ ,, Pulmonary Tuberculosis •74 •90 •64 — „ „ „ other forms of > Tuberculosis •19 •18 •19 „ „ „ Respiratory Diseases . 1-42 1-50 1*37 — ,, ,, ,, Cancer .. 1-41 1-67 P24 _ „ „ „ Heart Diseases. 1-41 1-42 1-40 —