[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1914
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Credit: [Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Public Health Department, Parsons Lane, BURY, September, 1915. To the Chairman and Members of the Health Committee. Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report on the health and sanitary circumstances of your Borough during the year 1914. The Birth Rate (19.62) still continues on the decline, and is 0.44 below the rate for the previous year, being the lowest recorded for the Borough. The Death Rate shows an increase of 0.75 above the rate for 1913, which is accounted for by the increase of deaths from such diseases as Cancer, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia. The Infant Mortality Rate, 125 per 1,000 births, is consider- ably less than that of the previous year. It is also much below the average rate for the previous 10 years (1904-1913). The decrease is due chiefly to the smaller number of deaths from Diarrhoea, only 23 children under one year of age having died from this disease during the year, as compared with 37 during 1913. For special items of information in this report I am indebted to Messrs. J. Ainsworth Settle, H. C. Cass, R. B. Rigby, J. Bolton, J. Isherwood, R. Moore, and to the Public Officials; also to many Medical Officers of Health. I have also to express my thanks to all the members of my staff for their loyalty and co-operation in their respective capacities. Especially am I grate fid to you for the courtesy, co-operation, and kind consideration extended to me. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, G. GRANVILLE BUCKLEY, Medical Officer of Health.
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