[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Grays Thurrock U.D.C.

  • Grays Thurrock (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1933
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    Public Health Department, Quarry Hill, Grays, Essex. To the Chairman and Members of Grays Thurrock Urban District Council. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you my Ninth Annual Keport upon the Health and Sanitary Circum- stances of the Urban District. Reviewed generally, 1933 has been an uneventful but satisfactory year in health matters. Vital Statistics. A brief summary of the salient points is as follows. The population has increased by 250 persons to 18,780. The Birth Rate of 15*2 is above that for England and Wales but slightly below the figures for 1932. The Death Rate shows an appreciable reduction—from 11*5 to 9*4, compared with 12*3 for the country as a whole. The Infantile Mortality Rate of 20*9 is the lowest for five years, and less than one-third of the National Rate (64-0). I do not think one may reasonably expect the Infantile Mortality Rate to remain so low over a long period, but it is comforting to know that over the last five years the average has been less than two-thirds of the general figures for the nation. Infectious Diseases. Scarlet Fever recorded an increase of 53 cases, but as this included a small outbreak of mild type in a residential school, and coincided with a general increase in the disease throughout England the figures give no cause for alarm. Diphtheria continues at a satis- factorily low level, and Pneumonia showed a reduction of 21 cases.