[Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham County Palatine / County Council.

  • Durham (England : County). Council.
Date:
1900
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Credit: [Report 1900] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham County Palatine / County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    consideration. The roads at the Freehold and the roads and surface drainage at Cocken and Grainger Terraces are reported to be greatly in need of improvement. A portion of the sewer at Grainger Terrace has been relaid at a considerable expense. Sanitary Requirements. 1. The closing or repair of the insanitary dwellings at Middle Rainton. 2. The provision of proper sewers and drains for Rainton Freehold. 3. Efficient surface drainage and properly- made roads for Cocken and Grainger Terraces. 4. More efficient scavenging. This report is not printed. LANCHESTER RURAL DISTRICT (Lanchester Division). J. Wilson, M.D., Medical Officer of Health. Area in Acres, 23,577. Estimated Population, 1900, 17,358. Birth-rate. Death-rate. Zymotic death-rate. Infant mortality-rate. 36-9 17-8 1 '5 151 Phthisis death-rate, i‘i. Respiratory diseases death-rate, 4‘3. The above statistics compare very favourably with those of the previous year, and are calculated on the total number of deaths occurring in the district. Excluding the deaths not belonging to the district, the total death-rate was only 16*3 per 1,000 population. Infectio u s D is eases. The number of notifications received was 244, and scarlet fever was the most prevalent disease with