[Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Rushden U.D.C.

Rushden (Northamptonshire, England). Urban District Council.

Date:: 1906

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Credit: [Report 1906] / Medical Officer of Health, Rushden U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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During the year the waterworks have been completed, and a constant supply of good water is available. Several samples of water have been examined—those found polluted were condemned. Owing to an outbreak of measles, the Infant Schools were closed on Dec. 13 until after the Christmas holidays. The Sewage Farm is well managed and the results are satisfactory. All factories, workshops, workplaces, etc., have been visited and inspected at intervals during the year. The low death-rate, 8*36 per 1,000, conclusively shows the sanitary state of the town, whereas the average death-rate of England and Wales is 15 per 1,000. In conclusion, I beg to tender my best thanks to your late and present Inspectors for the assistance they have so courteously rendered in carrying out our united duties. I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, FRED H. MORRIS, M.D., Fel. Royal Inst, of Public Health.