[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.

  • Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / 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 Eighth Annual Report on the Health and Sanitary condition of Dar- lington during the year 1918. The general birth-rate and death-rate for Darlington are slightly better than for England and Wales, and the 96 large towns, but the infant mortality rate is not so good. The outstanding feature of the year has been the preva- lence of Influenza during Summer and late Autumn. The outbreak in Darlington was the same in character and in extent as that in the neighbouring districts. It is greatly to be hoped now that the War has come to an end that problems of sanitation, especially in connexion with housing and town planning, will receive the attention which they deserve. I wish to again thank the Committee for their continued support, and to express my indebtedness to my colleagues for their ready co-operation on all occasions. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, S. G. MOSTYN. Health Office, Feethams, August, 1919.