[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Leek U.D.C.

  • Leek (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Leek U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mr. Chairman and Members ok the Leek Urban District Council. Gentlemen, In placing before you my report for the year 1913, ! have endeavoured to follow the suggestions drawn up bv the Local Government Board, and have placed the various matters under the headings and in the order requested by the Board. Vital Statistics. Births. The number of Births registered during the year was 331, which is 60 below the average for the preceding ten years, yielding a rate of 19'2 per 1,000. There were 14 still births during the year. Deaths. The total number of Deaths registered was 280, which is 1 5 less than the ten years’ average, and yields an uncorrected death rate of i6-5 per 1,000; this mortality rate, when necessary corrections have been