[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.

  • Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Twenty Corosier’s inCfuasts were held in the Borough and two outside the Borough, in connexion with deaths assignable to Darlington ; the proportion of these inquest cases to the total number of deaths being 2.4 ])er cent. There w^ere also 6 inquests held in the Borough of deaths which have been transferred to other districts. Uncertified Deaths.—During 1020 there were 29 deaths the causes of which were not certified by medical men or the Coroner after inquest, equivalent to 3.5 per cent, of the total number of deaths. Ten of these deaths w^ere of children under one year of age. Accidents and Violent Deaths.—Twenty-one deaths were due to suicide, accidents or violence, viz. :—2 to suicide ; 6 to burns or scalds ; 4 to motor car or motor cycle accidents ; 3 to accidents at work; 2 to falls ; and 1 to each of the following causes—petrol explosion, poisoning l^y disinfectant, injury to head, and injury to thigh. Infant S^ortaSity.—The number of deaths under one 3'ear of age was 158, corresponding to an Infant fVicrtality Rate of 91.7 per 1,000 births. There w^ere 7 deaths of illegitimate infants assignable to the Borough; comparing these with the 74 illegitimate births during the year assignable to the Borough the death rate of illegitimate infants amounts to 95 per 1,000 births. Water Supply.—The Borough is supplied by the Corpora- tion Waterworks with water pumped from the River Tees at the extreme west end of the Borough, and purified by filtration; chemical and microscopical examinations of its quality are made by the Borough Analyst. No evidence of excessive lead solvency has been found during the year. Rigors and Str©ailis.—There is very little trade pollution of the rivers and streams in the town. Some pollution is caused by occupiers of gardens and allotments throwing refuse into the streams. The Cockerbeck is particularly liable to this form of pollution.