The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-02-24 00:00:00

THE HEALTH OF THE BOROUGH.

At • mooting of the Town C .nnoil on 'Wednesday
the following repo from the utodicol officer of bosith
woo no I
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if—tno-Urinif flisoltuy .11,thor:ty f 9r_.Boroffigh of Nov.

tootul; and Hale onlie Regis.
Oenllameu,-1 bet to submit to your Board niy annual
report ou the health of the borough for the year midi ig
Deatuber 31.1, 1001. The tout numb.r of uCallit• foot a 0
mum* was 232, ineu limg 31 from salami° dieeasos. The
brths during the same patio 1 w•re 361 lam ',leased to in-
form you that the to 'ruddy during ;001 w as con I elerably less
than that of 1023, for whilst In Ott latter ye sr it was at the
rata of 191 per 1000, during 1301 it on bdt IG'7 per 1000
of the ',mutation. Thu deaths Intro iyftl,lie .1111,MING wore
somewhat higher then those .4 1803, bat g at the rate of 21
per 1000; eh nr. half of thov wen, due to diarrheti, con.
coolant, an doubt, on the long continue I h d wrath, 1111.1
ilrought The number of deethe under 5 WAS G 2, bring 20
In. than thous of the previous year. N no :uread
from typhus or typhad fever, allowing that the go oral
sanitary condition of the towd Is ip•al. There was no death
from smallpox, only one Irma scarlatina, and but few from
mewl.. during the year. The deaths from it art di-ease ware
19, oral the rate of 11 per ItO. Those Vona dieeas, of the
r reparatory omens were 27 or I'9 per 1e)0, tieing only half as
many as Oros In 1331, whilst ill" to rtality from phihis.• war
but per 1000, showing gent diMitilla3.l from that of the
IMIMMIS year, No deaths OM:lifted ir to in4.orieo or Jr 'wising.
The birth, during the sear w‘ve attic, rate .1 201 ,K3f 1000 of
the p•pulation. Considerable anxiety was I, It cluri.or the
nm•iths of Jai,' and August Iron the cannoned of Asiatic
cholera In Prelim, it being fasted that the disease might be
imported, the csinmonication between Comb nog sp.d this
port being es frequent. The Port ganitory Andh irity was
reqneoed to eouttnuoiewe sigh Us. Ilrhw, hooter, notiew,ty
shottl,l any suspic•que 0n,,, of illnese be landed from the
ettemboats running b.tween t a two ports, and the railway
authorities were alao milted to repot any ettspicious cues
arriving by tic dr several lilies, whilst arresseamortti were
mete w.th the Port Oen tary Authority for the immultate
removal of any nose of eh .era 10 their h,wpit .1, &stud,
about tiro miles fro a Weytnout',. Happily n• cue meta -rel.
1 boa Co call the attention of the IS mrd to the alseenica of
proper water closet acooinetalation iv Newel hAtsui In
Horatord-street, Iligbetteet, and John-street, and to suggest
that Immediate steps ghoul 1 be taken to remedy a cdnalltmn
preju Acted ti health. The Borough Ism bent inspectod due tit
tie year, the curl, and alloy. w.LJecto I to • Is tote to house
visitation, and the rem teal of off al Cr .m the ii insisted on. The
town refuse has been remosed is. convenient pt Ice outdde
the bov,ugh, mid the gu blg of sneers ,nd the emptying of
the gullies 15.,. been frequent dorms the summer month%
Tim foul supply has be.oi very goo I, my attention harms
heel rafted uoly once to a utadity of gin which was con-
demned as unfit for human onuntropti in. The water supply
has been as usual god and abundant, and I aID unaware .4
any conditions affecting het'lls within the district gorrttliri•l
Colt, with the exception of thong esistiog In Horst .nlatreat,
Iligh•street, and Johnetreml. One hundred •-al two different
premise were Inspected, an I 70 'minim., found thereon ,•
of these 23 MGM IVILIM My itlinlodlAM uotie ~ 17 were •haiel
by printed notices, Hi by letter, an I the emainder by verbal
thoee to the la miles ab ive auditions!. The
common lolging-housee, elnuirdsr-homes, and bakeries were
Inepected twice during the year, and al, etc...eery measures
taken t abate any nuisances lowal. —I sin, 10111440011, your
ebedient servant, _

nava, 11l a ID, M. D.,
Medical Otamr ol Lloulth.
Itayeliffe, January Slit, IS.