[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Leyburn (Union) R.D.C.

  • Leyburn (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Leyburn (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL REPORT for the Year 1898. To the Leyburn Rural District Council. Contiomen, At this time I have the pleasure to lay before you my annual report being the twenty-third time 1 have done so. With it I lay before you the Tabular statements of Births and Deaths in each Township compiled from the monthly returns of the Registrars from the two districts. To begin with I am sorry to say that the year 1898 although on the whole fine has not been a satisfactory one. The early months were mild followed by a dry cold spring, this again was followed by a slight rainfall and afterwards by intense heat. In the late autumn we had heavy rain and mild windy weather. In the meantime we had a good hay harvest and also a good corn harvest. But for all that we have not had a healthy year, although on the whole the weather was warm, January and March gave the greatest number of Deaths. In January especially the old people seem to have suffered most, five having died over 70 and five over 80 years of age. March was also fatal to old people, three over 70 and four over 8C,fdeaths being re¬ corded* We expect the old people to die off in the spring and it is a good sign that they live so long. One death