[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Marshland R.D.C.

Marshland (England). Rural District Council.

Date:: 1953

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STOKE FERRY, JURE, 1954o TO THE CHAT' 'AN AND MEMBERS OF THE MARSHLAND RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL Mr, Chairman* Lady and Gentlemen, I have 1±o submit for your consideration my Annual Report on the Sanitary Circumstances, Health and Vital Statistics of your District for the year ending 31st December, 1953 o The general health of your district has been satisfactory and calls for no special comment. The Birth rate (14*2) is slightly lower than last year accounted for by 20 fev/er Live Births, The Death rate (8,4) is lower than that for England and Wales (11,4) and the Administrative County of Norfolk (11*71)o The number of Notifiable Diseases (406) still remain high, 1nhis Is accounted for by the number of cases of Measles (277) Scarlet Fever (37) and Whooping Cough (84) notified during the year under review* My thanks to the members of my staff for their loyal co-operation. I remain. Your obedient servant, C, To DARWENT, Medical Officer of Health,