[Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1924
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Credit: [Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To the Chairman and Members of the Public Health and Housing Committee. My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit to you the Annual Report on the Health and Sanitary Administration of the County for the year 1924. The Report for the year under review is the fourth Ordinary, in contrast with that for 1920, which was a Survey Report (Circular 269, Ministry of Health). The birth-rate for the year is IS.5 per 1,000 of the population. The average for the previous ten years was 19.8. The death-rate of 12.5 compares unfavourably with the figure of 11.5 for the year 1923. The average for the previous ten years was 13.4. The infantile mortality-rate is 61.6 per 1,000 registered births, compared with 57.9 in the previous year. The average rate for the ten years 1911-20, was 82, and that for the ten years 1901-10, 112. The death-rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis was .65 per 1,000 of the population, compared with .64 in 1923 and .80 in 1922. The number of deaths certified as due to Cancer or other forms of malignant disease is 254, giving a death- rate of 1.53 per 1,000 of the population. Nineteen cases of Typhoid Fever were notified, compared with only 7 in the previous year. After an interval of nearly twenty years Small-pox was introduced into the County during the holiday season. Altogether six cases were notified. The work in connection with Infant Welfare has made gradual but real progress, and one new Centre has been opened. Housing work in the County continues slowly although steadily. According to the Annual Reports received io date, 443 new houses were erected during the year. The accommodation available at the Raywell Sanatorium has been fully utilised throughout the year, and I regret to say that there has been a waiting list. At Garton three new bore-holes have been sunk, ivhick provide an abundant supply of excellent water.