[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham (Union) R.D.C. Western District.

  • Durham (England : County). Rural District Council (Western District)
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham (Union) R.D.C. Western District. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1Q04-. ’V., DURHAM RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. (WESTERN DISTRICT.) Sffnnua{ 'Report OF THE Medical Officer of Health. To the Chairman and Members of the Durham Rural District Council. Gentlemen, I beg to present my Fifteenth Annual Report on the Sanitary state of the Western Division of your Authority for the year 1904. Estimated Population ... ... ... 13,022 (Census 1901 .. ... ... ... 12,770) Area ... .. ... ... 15,797 acres. The total number of deaths for the year is 210, giving a rate of mortality of 16 per thousand, being the same as last year. The number of births for the year is 435, or a rate of 33 per thousand of the population ; about the same as the previous year. The number of deaths of children under i year is 60, or a rate of 137 per thousand of registered births ; this is much less than last year, when the rate was 180 per thousand of registered births.