[Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough.

Burton upon Trent (England). County Borough Council.

Date:: 1931

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HEALTH OFFICE, TOWN HALL, BURTON UPON TRENT, April, 1932. TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND COUNCILLORS OF THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF BURTON UPON TRENT. Your Worship and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you the Annual Report on the health of the Borough for the year 1931. The vital statistics for the year show that the general death rate was about the average for the last few years, while the birth rate was one of the lowest recorded in the Borough. The constantly increasing death rate from Cancer, which last year was the highest recorded, is a matter of grave concern, but with our present knowledge of the causation of the disease little can be done to stop its ravages. Many cases can be cured by early diagnosis and early operative treatment, and this appears to be the chief method at present for the relief of this malady. The number of maternal deaths last year showed a very gratifying decrease, and the infantile mortality rate, although rather over that recorded in recent years, was still below the rate for the whole of England and Wales. The death rate from Tuberculosis was the lowest recorded in the Borough. The Assistant Medical Officer of Health (Dr. J. Grant), after four years' excellent service in the Borough, is to be congratulated on his appointment as Medical Officer of Health for the Burgh of Ayr. I have to acknowledge the excellent service rendered by him and by his successor (Dr. J. C. 11. Mackenzie) and other members of my staff. Your obedient Servant, J. M. COWIE, Medical Officer of Health.