[Report 1916] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.
- Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1916
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Credit: [Report 1916] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Public Health Departmej'it, Parsons Lane, BURY, September, 1917. To the Chairman and Members oj the Health Committee. Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you a brief report on the health and sanitary circumstances of your Borough during the year 1916. On the instructions of the Local Government Board, the report has been cut down to the lowest possible dimensions. It is hoped, however, that, after the war, it will be possible to issue a full report dealing with the year under review. The Birth Rate (15.47) shows, as was to he expected, a con- siderable decrease, being 1.S6 below the rate for 1915, and 4.15 below the rate for 1914. It is the lowest rate recorded in the Borough. The Deaf]} Rate shows a decline of 0.40 per 1,000 of the population, as compared with the rate for 1915. The Infant Mortality Rate has increased from 115 per 1,000 births in 1915 to 133 per 1,000 in 1916. The average rate for the previous 10 years was 135 per 1,000. It is. hoped that the measures which are now being taken to deal with this matter will be instru- mental in bringing about a considerable decrease in the number of children who die before reaching the age of 12 months. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant,- G. GRANVILLE BUCKLEY, Medical Officer of Health.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28968475_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
