[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Carlisle City.

  • Carlisle (England). City Council.
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Carlisle City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GG Infant Mortality. The total niimher of deaths of infants under one year in the City was 55, o‘ivin^ a net infant mortality rate of GO.9 per 1,000, 11.3 per 1,000 less than for 1933, and the lowest infant mortality rate that there has ever heen in the City—4.3 ]>er 1,000 less than the previous lowest rate, that for 1931. The numher of deaths which occurred before the ap‘e of 4 weeks was 33, or three-fifths of the numher; 21 of these were due to prematurity, the numher due to this cause in 1934 being 8 more than in 1933. 27 of the deaths, i.e., half the total number for the year, occuiTed before the child was a week old, 13 taking place before the child had lived 24 hours. The number of deaths from pneumonia was 5, 10 less than in 1933, the decrease being largely responsible for the favourable infant mortality rate. The deaths from infectious diseases were 3 due to measles and 2 to tuberciilosis. The number of deaths due to enteritis and gastro- enteritis was 3. The niimber of deaths of legitimate children was 50, or 58.4 per 1,000. The number of deaths of illegitimate children resident in the City was 5, equal to a rate of 10G.4 per 1,000. A high death-rate such as this is most unusual in Carlisle, where the illegitimate death-rate is generally lower than the legitimate.