[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Rochdale County Borough.

  • Rochdale (Lancashire, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Rochdale County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To the Chairman and Members of the Health Committee of the County Borough of Rochdale. Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit to you my Third Annual Report on the Health Conditions of the Borough, and the Report on the Medical Inspection of School Children for the year ending 31st December, 1934. The Report has been prepared on the lines indicated by the Ministry of Health’s Circular 1417, which states that the Report should contain as a minimum :— (a) Information with regard to the matters specified in the Appendix 1 to the Circular, set out as far as possible in the order there given, under the main heads :— Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area ; General Provision of Health Services in the Area ; Sanitary Circumstances of the Area ; Housing ; Inspection and Supervision of Food ; Prevalence of, and Control over. Infectious and Other Diseases. (b) A statement of any noteworthy conditions prejudicial to the health of the area which have not been adequately dealt with in Special Reports of the Medical Officer of Health. (c) A statement of any special action taken during the year in the area to arouse public interest in the prevention of ill health. (d) A summary of important Special Reports, if any, made during the year, including those which have been separately transmitted to the proper authorities. The first portion of the Annual Report is, as usual, statistical in character. It shows an increase in the birth rate over last year, although the rate is still the second lowest on record for Rochdale, and is below the rate for England and Wales. It also shows a slight decrease in the death rate to just under the average for the last ten years. The number of deaths is, however, still very definitely in excess of the births in the town, and the rate is in excess of the figure for England and Wales.