[Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-in-Makerfield U.D.C.

  • Ashton-in-Makerfield (England). Urban District Council. n 78087965.
Date:
1912
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Credit: [Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-in-Makerfield U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    r /Iv Ashton-in-Makerfield URBAN District council a Xio <» — THIRTY-EIGHT ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ©ffirer of ^oaltlj. Rock House, Ashton-in-Makerfield, PAbruary 28th, 1913- Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I have once more the privilege of presenting to you an Annual Report on the health of your district, and I may say, that not only from a statistical point of view, but from a general review of sickness and mortality, the same may be considered in every way satis- factory. I follow last 3’ear’s, and take the course as indicated in the memo, of the Local Government Board. With regard to the tables, a change was made in the order of the list of diseases in Table III., and new regulations re Tuberculosis came in force on February ist. These apph- to all forms of tubercular trouble, as well as the Pul- monan,-—^the probability being that there will be a high percentage of the non-Pulmonary- amongst young children, and that notification of these will facilitate investigation re infection and assist in im- proving the child’s life,