[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C.
- Cockermouth (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1953
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The com])arability factor given for adjusting the crude death rate (for the reasons explained under Births) is 0.94. The adjusted death rate for Cockermouth Urban District was, therfore, 11.09 Comparisons of crude and adjusted death below ;— Death Rates, 1953—Cumberland Rural Districts of Cumberland Urban Districts of Cumberland England and Wales Cockermouth Rural District Cockermouth Urban District rates are shown Crude Adjusted 11.9 11.9 — 11.8 — 11.4 — 11.9 11.4 11.8 11.09 INFANTILE MORTALITY. There were 3 deaths (all legit. 2m. If.) among infants under one year of age, giving an Infantile Mortality Rate of 40.8 per 1,000 births as compared with 4 deaths rvith a date of 40.8 for 1952. No death occurring among illegitimate infants, the Illegitimate Infantile Mortality Rate for 1953 was, therefore, nil per 1,000 illegitimate births, as compared with the Legitimate Infantile Mortality Rate of 37.0 per 1,000 legitimate births. These latter rate were, respectively, nil and 42 for the previous year. Comparisons may be given as follows :— Infantile Mortality Rates, 1953 :— ^ Cumberland •. . . 27 Rural Districts cf Cumberland •. 24 Urban Districts of Cumberland .. 30 England and Wales .. 26.8 Cockermouth Rural District •. 28 Cockermouth Urban District 37 Net Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age :— Cause of under 1—2 Total under 1 — 3 Total 5-6 6—9 9—12 under Death 1 wk. weeks 4 wks mths. mths. mths. mths lyr Prematurity 1 I I latra-Ct anial Haemorrhage 2 2 2 The death of the premature baby occurred in 30 minutes j the remaining two babies in 2 and 5 days respectively.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29118335_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
