[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Westmorland County Council.

  • Westmorland (England). County Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Westmorland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE INFANTILE MORTALITY. (Under 1 year). Rats per 1,000 Live Births. District. 1954. 1955. 1956. URBAN Appleby 52.6 50.0 52.6 Kendal 16.9 38.9 20.2 Lakes — 18.2 18.2 Windermere ... — 33.3 30.8 RURAL North Westmorland 15.8 28.9 20.0 South Westmorland ... 33.8 14.5 4.3 WESTMORLAND 19.7 27.5 17.3 ENGLAND and WALES ... 25.5 24.9 23.8 ILLEGITIMATE INFANT DEATH RATE. Rate per 1,000 Illegitimate Live Births. -——hbbw aaa--n r-1 r r i rr 1 ■— i -— ————MB————————— 1954. 1955. 1956. WESTMORLAND ... ... 58.8 23.3 57.7 Casuses of Death in Infants under one year in 1956:— Congenital heart condition Prematurity Pneumonia Asphiixia Acute bronchitis .A] soph a go: pharyngeal fistula ... Patent ductus anteriosus Leukaemia Spina bifida Miningitis Intestinal obstruction 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1