[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.
- Cumberland County Council
- Date:
- 1929
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Arranged in the order of their birth-rates tlie Urban and Hural Districts stand thus : Urban Districts. WJiiteliaven . 24.3 Darrington .. 21.9 Wigton 21.0 Arlecdon and Frizington . 20.3 Milloni 19.4 Cockermoutli. 18.0 Maryport .... 17.G Penritli .... 17.G Workington . 17.4 Egremont ... 17.0 Rural Districts. Cleator Mooi'. 1G.3 Aspatria 15.7 Holme Cultram ... 15.1 Note.—In all the tables those of tlie previous year. (24.6J Wigton 19.2 (18.8) (17.9j Penrith 18.4 (I8.6j (17.8) Longtown . . 16.5 (17.7) Carlisle . 15.5 (14.7) (19.4) Cockermouth. 15.5 (17.0) (1G.5) Brampton ... . 15.3 (14.4) (13.7) Whiteliaven . 15.1 (IG.Gj (20.0) Bootle . ... 13.3 (12.9) (18.9) Alston . 13.0 (10.8) (18.2) (18.4) (14.9) (18.1) (13.2) (18.4J tlie figures in brackets are Illegitimate Births. I'lie number of illegitimate births was 252; thus G8 per 1,000 of the total births were illegitimate, com])ared with 204 and 70 the previous year. The rates of illegiti- mate births per 1,000 of the total births in tlie various Sanitary Districts are as follows:— Urban. Rural. Holme Brampton . 110 (153) Cultram 120 (108) Carlisle . 109 (81) Cockermouth .. 95 (109) 1 locker mo nth . 85 t82) Penrith 84 (79) Wliitehaven .. 1 1 (rv2) Arlecdon and M'igton . 7G (111) Frizington .. 73 (T4) Penrith . 73 (113) Workington ... 64 (48) Poo tie . 65 (53) Whiteliaven ... 58 (38) Longtown . 50 (64) Egremont 56 (34) Alston . 28 (69) Harrington .... 53 (38) Millom 48 (90) Marvport 47 (23) Wigton 40 (92) Aspatria 34 (42) Cleator Moor .. 17 (82)](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29132903_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
