[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.

  • Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To the Chairman and Members of the Health and Sanitary Committee. Gentlemen, I herewith submit for your consideration my Eleventh Annual Report, on the Health and Sanitary condition of Darlington during the year 1921. The birth-rate in Darlington fell from 25.8 in 1920 to 23.9 in 1921; and the death-rate was 12.3, compared with 12.4 per 1,000 of the population in the previous year. The number of cases of Scarlet Fever was considerably lower and of Diphtheria slightly lower than in 1920, and, as in 1920, there were no deaths assignable to the Borough from these diseases. The difficulties caused by want of housing accommodation still exist, and the work of the Health Department is seriously hampered on this account. The work of your Committee in connexion with Maternity and Child Welfare has been of great value to the town during the year. I wish to thank your Committee for their continued support, and to express my indebtedness to my colleagues for their ready co-operation on sill occasions. I am, Gentlemen7 Your obedient servant, S. G. MO'STYN. Health Office, Feethams, July, 1922.