[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.
- Cumberland County Council
- Date:
- 1945
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Urban Districts. No. of Infant Deaths. Rate. Marvnort 18 85 3 Wliitehavcn 2(S 60,7 Penrith 7 51.1 Workington 20 45.5 Cockermouth O 35.1 Keswick 1 17.2 Aggregate of Urban Districts 74 55.6 Rural Districts. Millom 11 51.9 Cockermouth 14 48.4 Alston 2 47.6 Wigton 20 46.8 Ennerdale .. 18 39.1 Border 16 37.2 Penrith 7 35.7 Aggregate of Rural Districts 88 42.8 1945 Rate for England and Wales . . 46 1945 Rate for Cumberland County .. 4S GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES. Laboratory Facilities. No essential change has taken place in the laboratory arrangements during the year. The unit basis of ])ayment for the examination of specimens is now well established and works smoothly. Under the new National Health Service Bill, if it becomes law, the Minister has power to provide a bacteriological service, including laboratories for the control of the spread of infectious diseases. Nothing is said in the Bill about pathological services, or laboratory services attached to hospitals as at the Cumberland Infirmary, but presumablv the intention is that the laboratories will be transferred to the State along with the hospitals, and presumably Local Authorities will be able to utilise the services of these trans- ferred laboratories on terms to be sid)sequently decided.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29133014_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
