[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Bungay U.D.C.

  • Bungay (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Bungay U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ^JNU aL RT^K. RT 0 f th e MKDTCI CF7ICER r ? a? to tbe Sanitary orndltion nC t'j« Urban Dipatriot of>Bun£;ay for yoar ]P T? . Tb tbe Cbairiian ^ Mwtjbcrs cf the Urbas Oi itrict Ccuncil of ^uasay. C-n^-X FlUTN. I berevdtri i>re3ent te ycu my r^iicrt for ti'ie year If If . lyr.v/a of Runway ‘?tani9 uycn an accumul aticn cf r.1vor gravel 5, vb cb jut? cut into zhn nar*^ lands cf the river Waveney, la th® abi;.’* cf aiif'nioila. The Tovn ooouxied the neck and shoulders of tbe x)eain sul a, ^/’itb Csitney Ociriaicn 'I'roaliny away to the North tc where the ’^aveney circles up tc the fort c f the Rath Hill-, ..bich h»^re form its Northern Rank. The 'Volley vi'doh spreads cut tc the East aad Weit is frequently flceded after heavy rfdns. Tb Tb’W'j is ancient and the s;nun3 upon which it stands hai been cccuiiei fr-r centuries by a fairly dense -cpul atl??n. The Chsjcer ^re'S Printing ’fcrks jives empl^^yrneut tr a larg^e number cf b nds, nt '*r'.d se thr trade and industries cf the Town are mainly connected with, anJ 4ppcrtei by aj:ri ture. Tne popul :^ti o cf Huncay for the year Tf ^ is esttmated at 3BC p ernce ?}E ?1 RTH? registered in ^ 1? were Males 36, Females 53. Total 7 1, T'so mere than last year, but the highest birth rat© reccpaed ince If 16. of the births rccr rded verf r. f ill estimate children, t’^c belnj '^ales and feur females.