[Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Knaresborough U.D.C.

  • Knaresborough (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1894
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: [Report 1894] / Medical Officer of Health, Knaresborough U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Urban District Council. MEDICAL OFFICER'S ANNUAL REPORT For the Year ending' December 31st, 1894. Gentlemen, In compliance with the regulations of the Local Govern- ment Board, I now lay before you a report for the year 1894, in which I shall endeavour to show the Incidence of Disease, the General Health of the Town, and the Sanitary Work accom- plished during the past twelve months. PART I.—Relating to Births, Sickness, and Deaths. Births. The total number of Births registered during the year is 182, as against 188 in 1898. This gives a birth-rate per 1,000 per annum of 28*8. Of these 182, 60 were males and 72 females. Three of these births occurred in the Workhouse. Of the total births, nine were illegitimate—four males and five females. Deaths. The Deaths registered during the year, including those in the Workhouse, number 106, being a decrease of 81 from those of last year. Of these 106 deaths, 15 occurred in the Work-