[Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury St Edmunds Borough.

  • Bury St. Edmunds (England). Borough Council. no2007054786.
Date:
1897
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Credit: [Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury St Edmunds Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MEDICAL OFFICER’S REPORT. TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND COUNCILLORS OF THE BOROUGH OF BURY ST. EDMUND’S. Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit to you the following, as my Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bury St. Edmund’s, during the year 1897, and at the same time I beg to express my regret at not being able to present it to you at your February Meeting, for reasons already stated. Marriages. The number of Marriages in Bury St. Edmund’s during the year 1897 was 105, 93 being the number in the previous year. The 105 Marriages correspond to a rate of 12'3 persons unmarried to i,coo living, the average rate for England and Wales being 14 per 1,000 or thereabouts. Of the 105 Marriages, 61 took place in Churches, viz., 28 in St. Mary’s ; 15 in St. James’; and 18 in St. John’s; 17 in Chapels ; and 27 before the Registrar. Births. The Births registered in the Borough during the year were 434, against 420 in 1896, four of which the mothers belonged outside the