[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham City.

  • Durham (England). City Council.
Date:
1967
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    Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present my Annual Report for 1967, being a record of matters relating to the health of the citizens and including the report of the Chief Public Health Inspector. The vital statistics are satisfactory. The population increased again, the birth-rate rose a little but so also did the death rate. The infant mortality rate is again a very low hgure and the mean rate over the past decade is about the same as that for England and Wales in the same period (and lower than that for the County of Durham as a whole.) There was again little incidence of notihable infectious disease and no occurrence of serious epidemic disease. Notification of new cases of tuberculosis continued low. Indeed the hgures all indicate a satisfactory record. It is a pleasure to be able to refer again to the large amount of voluntary work carried out in the City for that large section of the community—the elderh^^ people. Some is recorded here, much is not, and in total it has a considerable effect upon their comfort, health and general well-being. I am most grateful to the Chief Public Health Inspector, Mr. L. Oates, and the members of the Health Department for its con- tinued efficient and harmonious operation. I thank you, Mr. Chair- man, Ladies and Gentlemen for your continued support and encour- agement and the Officers of the Council for their co-operation. I have the honour to be. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Obedient Servant, R. GORDON DRUMMOND.