[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Huntingdonshire / County of Huntingdon County Council.

Huntingdonshire (England). County Council.

Date:: 1925

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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Huntingdonshire / County of Huntingdon County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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DEATH-RATE. There were 669 deaths altogether registered belonging to the County. This number included those deaths which took place out- side the Countv, and excludes “ non-resident.” i.e., those which took place in the County of persons not belonging to the District. The death-rate was 12-5 per 1000, the same as in 1924. In the Urban Districts 283 deaths were registered with a death- rate of 11*5 per 1000, and in the Rural Districts 416 deaths were registered making a death-rate of 13-3 per 1000. The principal causes of deaths are shewn in Table III. The following Table shows a comparison of the County with the rest of England and Wales :— Estimated Population. Birth- rate. Death-rate. Infant Mortality Huntingdonshire ... 55,550 18-1 125 44-6 England and Wales... 18-3 12-2 75 The Enfant Mortality Rate means the number of children who die under the age of one year in proportion to one thousand births. In 1925 there were 45 infant deaths and in 1924 the number was 62, making a rate of infant mortality per 1000 births 44'6 as against 64-6 in 1924. FOOD SUPPLY. There is no information on the Food Supply except that of the result of Analysis furnished by the Chief Constable, viz. :— FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. The administration of this Act is in the hands of the police. A summary of the report of the Public Analyst, Mr. J. West Knights, is as follows:— 59 samples of milk were taken of which 8 were deficient.