[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Berwick-upon-Tweed U.D.C.
- Berwick-upon-Tweed (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Berwick-upon-Tweed U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Bcrwich upon Zwcct) Sanitary Butborit^. ANNUAL REPORT BY MEDICAL OFFICER OE HEALTH AND SANITARY INSPECTOR, For Year ended jist December, igi8. Berwick, March, ^9>9- To His Worship the Mayor and Members of the Sanitary Authority. (iiCNTLEMKN, I hilve the honour to submit to you the Annual Report for 1918. 1 he year was chiefly characterised by tiiree several epi- demics of influenza, and the figures attached will demonstrate the serious nature of the disease. My notes make one point clear, viz., in a confined space, such as a crowded house, hardly an inmate escapes infection. Conversely, in a place well ventilated, large, and airy, one inmate may suffer but others are not nearly so liable to in- fection. That fact touches the housing question, and I hope that will take precedence over all other matters for prompt action by the Authority. In this connection, it has occurred to me that one ty])e only of house will not be desirable, when one thinks of the different classes of tenants, their means, habits, and requirements. There are](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28919865_0001.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
