[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Carlisle City.

  • Carlisle (England). City Council.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Carlisle City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    15 INFANT MORTALITY. The total number of deaths of infants under one year during 1918 was 137. The total number of deaths of infants of residents was 131; this figure gives an infant mortality rate of 126.8 per 1,000, as against 119 or 106.5 per 1,000 in 1916. The increase in the infant mortality rate is mainly due to the increase in the number of deaths from whooping coug]i. During 1918, 20 deaths, equivalent to an infant mortality rate of 19.4 per 1,000, were registered as due to this cause, compared with 2 in 1917. 27 deaths'of illegitimate children occurred, which is equal to an infant mortality rate of 325.3, the rate for legitimate infants being 109.5. The infant mortality rate for the whole of England and Wales during 1918 was 97 per 1,000 born; for the 96 great towns (of which Carlisle is one), 106 per 1,000; for the 148 smaller towns, 94 per 1,000. Distribution of Deaths of Infants under one year in the several Wards. Stanwix & Etterby <D bJD <v o JD O j Greystone 1 St. j Nicholas Currock 1 Denton j Holme St. Cuthberts Caldewgate Newtown & Belle Vue Whole City Legitimate 5 9 8 8 * 8 13 15 16 14 104 Illegitimate — 1 3 2 5 — 4 5 4 3 27