[Report 1934] / Second Quarter, Medical Officer of Health, Durham County Palatine / County Council.

  • Durham (England : County). Council.
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / Second Quarter, Medical Officer of Health, Durham County Palatine / County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDICES:— Statement of Notifications of Tuberculosis, &c No. I., Page 40. Statement of Work accomplished by Health Visitors’ Department No. II., Page 41. Statement as to Housing Schemes in the Administrative County No. III. Page 42. Table of Bacteriological Examinations No. IV. Page 43. Table as to Notification of Cases of Infectious Diseases No. V. Page 44. Table of Attendances of Mothers and Infants at Child Welfare Centres No. VI. Page 45. @ountp (SotmciC of REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30th JUNE. 1934. 1. As previously announced in the first print of this report, I regret to record the death on the 24th June of Dr. C. Franks, who was appointed Medical Officer of Health of this county on the 1st May, 1930. VITAL STATISTICS. 2. The Registrar General’s estimate of population for this administrative county for mid-year 1933, which has recently been received, is 917,680, and again shows a decrease compared with the previous year, being 6,920 less than his estimate for mid-year 1932. As in previous years, the Registrar General’s estimate for'1933 has been taken as a basis for estimating the mid-year 1934 population, which is 923,210, and has been arrived at by adding the natural increase of population during 1933, i.e.y the excess of births over deaths. The same procedure has been adopted in estimating the population of each sanitary district in the administrative county. 3. The vital statistics for the past quarter compare very favourably with those for the previous quarter, the total death-rate being 12*2 per 1,000 population, compared with 14-0 during the previous quarter. The death-rate for the past quarter, however, shows an increase compared with the rate for the corresponding quarter of last year (10-4). 4. The lowest total death-rates during the quarter occurred in the Leadgate (8-2) and Hetton-le- Hole (10-5) urban districts, and in the Stockton (7-1) Darlington (7-7) and Hartlepool (7-7) rural districts; while the districts with the highest mortality statistics were the Barnard Castle (16-8) Bishop Auck- land (15-6) and Stanley (15-6) urban districts, and the Barnard Castle (15-2) and Auckland (13-5) rural districts. 5. The infant mortality rate per 1,000 births registered was 72 and shows a very satisfactory decrease compared with the rate for the previous quarter, which was 104 per 1,000 births registered, though it is higher than the rate for the corresponding quarter of last year (62). 6. A slight decrease was recorded in the death-rate from the seven principal zymotic diseases during the quarter, the rate being 0-65 per 1,000 population compared with 0-69 in the preceding quarter. 7. The birth-rate for the quarter was 18-2 per 1,000 population and is the same as that for the preceding quarter.