[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, County Council of the Palatine of Chester / Cheshire County Council.

  • Cheshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, County Council of the Palatine of Chester / Cheshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION. To the Chairman and Members of the Public Health a)id Housing Committee, of the Cheshire County Council. ]Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I beg to present you with my Report on the health of the Administrative County for the year 1923. I would point to the steady though not great increase in the population which is now estimated to number 636,300, to the birth-rate, which shews a slight fall, to the death-rate which has further declined to ii.i per thousand and to the infantile mortality whicli shews a slight but well maintained diminution. All these factors are matter for congratulation and indicate that the money spent on public health machinery is bringing in a good return. For the first time it is possible to compare the cost of the various public health services of the County with other expenditure and I have selected the cost per head of the population from figures kindly supplied by the County Accountant. They are as under: — Pence. Maternity and Child Welfare Venereal Diseases Tuberculosis ... General Public Flealth Mental Deficiency Medical Inspection of School Childi en . 2.427 . 0.218 • 4-7^3 . 0.711 . 0.844 . 2.623 Total t * • • • • .. 11.076