[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 Scarlet Fever case and death rate per 1,000 of the popu- lation, therefoi'e, were both nil, as compared with 0.58 and nil, respectivelj-, for 1952. The corresponding rates for all England and Wales (19.53) were 1.39 and 0.00. There was, again, no Diphtheria notification or death, so that the case and death rate per 1,000 of the popidation were both nil, the same as in 19.52. The corresponding rates for all England and Wales (19.53) were 0.01 and 0.00. The immunisation campaign against Diphtheria was continued as before. Most of the actual inoculations were given by me at the School Clinic (Hartford House, Main Street) as in previous years. The co-operation of local Medical Practitioners and Head Teachers, and particularly that of the County Health Visitor, Miss Horn, is hereby gratefully acknowledged. According to figures kindly supplied by the Divisional Medical officer during the year under review 25 (1951—32) elementary school children 5 to 14 years and 81 (1952—84) infants under 5 j-ears were given primary injections (two at intervals of a few weeks) whilst 245 children received a single reinforcing dose (these are children who received two primary doses 4 to 5 years ])revi()usly). Included in the above number of primary injections are three given by local Medical Practitioners. It is essential that there should be a high level of immunisation among children generally and particularly in regard to infants under one year of age in the 0 to 5 years group. There were no notifications of Polio-myelitis, Typhoid (includ- ing Paratyphoid) Fever, Encephalitis Lethargica, Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Erysipelas or Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Puerperal Pyrexia.—No notification was received. The case rate for Puerperal Pyrexia (including Puerperal Fever) is better expressed in relation to the number of births registered than to the population. When calculated on this basis the rate was :— Puerperal Pyrexia 10.1 per 1,000 total births (i.e. live and still births), the rate for 1952 being (1 case) .10. The corresponding rate (1953) for England and Wales was 18.23. There was one Maternal death ; the Maternal Mortality Rate therefore was 11.7 per 1,000 total (live and still) births, the rate for 1952 being nil. Pneumonia.—Although no notifications were received (as in the previous year), one death from Pneumonia (all forms) was registered in 1953,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29118335_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
