Belford (England). Rural District Council — Medical Officer of Health report, 1940

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Made by: Belford (England). Rural District Council

Part 1940 of Belford (England). Rural District Council, 40 episodes

1913 Medical Officer of Health report, 1913

1914 Medical Officer of Health report, 1914

1918 Medical Officer of Health report, 1918

1919 Medical Officer of Health report, 1919

1920 Medical Officer of Health report, 1920

1921 Medical Officer of Health report, 1921

1922 Medical Officer of Health report, 1922

1923 Medical Officer of Health report, 1923

1925 Medical Officer of Health report, 1925

1926 Medical Officer of Health report, 1926

1937 Medical Officer of Health report, 1937

1938 Medical Officer of Health report, 1938

1939 Medical Officer of Health report, 1939

1940 Medical Officer of Health report, 1940

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1946 Medical Officer of Health report, 1946

1947 Medical Officer of Health report, 1947

1948 Medical Officer of Health report, 1948

1949 Medical Officer of Health report, 1949

1950 Medical Officer of Health report, 1950

1951 Medical Officer of Health report, 1951

1952 Medical Officer of Health report, 1952

1953 Medical Officer of Health report, 1953

1954 Medical Officer of Health report, 1954

1955 Medical Officer of Health report, 1955

1956 Medical Officer of Health report, 1956

1957 Medical Officer of Health report, 1957

1958 Medical Officer of Health report, 1958

1959 Medical Officer of Health report, 1959

1961 Medical Officer of Health report, 1961

1962 Medical Officer of Health report, 1962

1963 Medical Officer of Health report, 1963

1964 Medical Officer of Health report, 1964

1965 Medical Officer of Health report, 1965

1966 Medical Officer of Health report, 1966

1967 Medical Officer of Health report, 1967

1968 Medical Officer of Health report, 1968

1969 Medical Officer of Health report, 1969

1970 Medical Officer of Health report, 1970

1971 Medical Officer of Health report, 1971

1972 Medical Officer of Health report, 1972

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Description

The annual report of a Medical Officer of Health. From 1848 every British local authority was required to appoint one and to publish what he found, and the reports are the result: births and deaths parish by parish, outbreaks of diphtheria and typhoid traced to a particular well or dairy, the state of the housing, the drains, the slaughterhouses and the school children. They were written for councillors rather than for posterity, which is exactly why they are so useful now — they record what was actually happening in a place, year by year, in plain administrative prose. This is the report of Belford (England). Rural District Council for 1940. Digitised by the Wellcome Library as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library. The scan has no title page, which is why the catalogue supplies the title in brackets.

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