[Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Malton R.D.C.

Malton (England). Rural District Council.

Date:: 1895

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Credit: [Report 1895] / Medical Officer of Health, Malton R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE MALTON RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. GENTLEMEN, It is my duty to lay before you the Report for the year 1895. You will remember that last year a joint report was issued with means of distinguishing the East from the North Riding, this therefore is the first separate one to your Council. I he total area of your district is 43,330 Acres, with an estimated population of 6,590. I he births registered during the year number l79 (27'1 Per niille,) of which 90 are males and 89 females. I he deaths are only 76 in number, 1 1'5 per mille, against 104 in the previous year, and coincide with a smaller amount of general sickness than usual. It will be seen Irom the following table that the mortality was lowest during the continuously cold weather in the first quarter and during the third (piarter.