[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • North Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NORTH RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1913. To the County Council of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Mr. Chairman, my Lords, and Gentlemen, I have the honour of presenting to you my Report on the health and sanitary condition of the Riding for the year 1913. The Riding consists of 18 Urban Districts, with a population at the 1911 Census of 137,975, the estimated population at the middle of 1913 was 145,311, against 143,249 at the middle of 1912, giving an increase of 2,062 on the year, against an increase of 6,078 from 1911 to 1912, when for the first time the Borough of Richmond with a population of 3,934 was included. And 21 Rural Districts with a population at the 1911 Census of 136,601, the estimated population at the middle of 1913 was 136,329, against 136,273 at the middle of 1912, giving an increase of 56 on the year, against an increase of 228 from 1911 to 1912. The increase of the whole Riding on the year 1912 is 2,118, against an increase of 6,306 from the year 1911 to 1912. The area of the Riding is 1,358,101 acres, and the total population estimated at the middle of 1913, 281,640, equal to 0-207 persons per acre. The Helmsley Rural District is divided into two Districts, making a total of 40 reports for consideration. During the year Dr. Robertson, Pickering Urban, died, and is succeeded by Dr. Kirk; Dr. Hime, Aysgarth, resigned, and is succeeded by Dr. Dunbar ; Dr. Colby, Malton Rural, died, and is succeeded by Dr. Shaw; and Dr. Devey, Reeth, resigned, being succeeded by Dr. Want. Under the Scarborough Order 1913, three hundred and four and a quarter acres with a population of twenty-three persons were transferred from the Scalby Urban District to the Municipal Borough of Scarborough. Under the Middlesbrough Order 1913, 1,465 acres with a population of 15,143 persons have been transferred from the County to the County Borough of Middlesbrough, including North Ormesby in the Urban District of Ormesby with a population of 14,213, the Parish of Linthorpe with a population of 420, and part of the Parish of Marton, in which is situated the Middlesbrough Borough Asylum, with a population of 510, in the Rural District of Middlesbrough. The portion of the Ormesby Urban District with an area of 1,999 acres which has not been transferred to Middlesbrough is added to the Middlesbrough Rural District. During the year there were registered 6,751 births; 4,062 Urban and 2,689 Rural, against 6,876 in 1912, giving an Urban Birth Rate of 27-95 per thousand and a Rural Birth Rate of 19-72 per thousand, against 28-94 and 20-03 respectively for 1912. The Urban Birth Rate is the lowest recorded, it is 0-99 lower than that for 1912, 3-23 lower than the average for the previous ten years for the County, 1-85 higher than the average for England and Wales for the same period, and 4-05 higher than the rate for England and Wales in 1913. The Rural Birth Rate is the lowest on record, it is 0-31 lower than that for 1912, 2 63 lower than the average for the previous ten years for the County, 6-38 lower than the average for England and Wales for the same period, and 4-18 lower than the rate for England and Wales in 1913. There is a decrease of 84 Urban Births and a decrease of 41 Rural Births on the year 1912, total decrease 125, against a decrease of 225 from the year 1911 to 1912. Of deaths there were registered 3,911, 2,102 Urban and 1,809 Rural, against 3,877 in 1912, giving an Urban Death Rate of 14-46 per thousand, and a Rural Death Rate of 13-26 per thousand, against 14-84 and 12-84 respectively for 1912. The Urban Death Rate is 0-38 lower than that for 1912, 1-60 lowefr than the average for the previous ten years for the County, 0-24 lower than the average for England and Wales for the same period, and 0-76 higher than the rate for England and Wales in 1913. The Rural Death Rate is 0-42 higher than that for 1912, 0-36 lower than the average for the previous ten years for the County, 1-44 lower than the average for England and Wales for the same period, and 0-44 lower than the rate for England and Wales in 1913. There is a decrease of 25 Urban Deaths and an increase of 59 Rural Deaths on the year 1912, total in¬ crease 34, against a decrease of 163 from the year 1911 to 1912. Of deaths due to the “ Chief Epidemic Diseases ” there were 298, 220 Urban and 78 Rural, against 314, 246 Urban and 68 Rural, giving an Urban Death Rate from these diseases of 1-51 per thousand, and a Rural Death Rate of 0-57 per thousand, against 1-71 and 0-49 respectively in 1912. The Urban Rate is 0-20 lower than that for 1912, 0-34 lower than the average for the previous ten years for the County, 0-10 higher than that for England and Wales for the same period, and 0-31 higher than the rate for England and Wales in 1913. The Rural Rate is 0-08 higher than that for 1912, 0 06 lower than the average for the previous ten years for the County, 0-84 lower than that for England and Wales for the same period, and 0-63 lower than the rate for England and Wales in 1913.