[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C.
- Cockermouth (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1920
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Rainfall : 1920. R. M. l.idbetter, Esq., d'he Moor, Cockennoutl], Month Inches of rain No. of days with *01 in. or moi'e recorded Ian. 0'2I 27 Feb. 3-82 19 Mar. 6-25 23 Apr. 2’6l 25 May 403 12 fune 1-41 14 j 'dy 7*26 27 Aug. 2‘17 17 Sei)t. 2-23 17 ()ct. 117 10 Novo 3‘2 7 U Dec. 1 '03 14 Total 42*46 220 The average rainfall in Cockermoiith for the previous ten years was 42‘005 inches, as gathered from records kept by the late josiah Hall, Esq., Elmhurst. Mr. Lid better has informed me that the late Dr. Dodgson. Cockermoiith, kept records for thirt3^-live years, and that his average over this period was 42*43 inches. CHIEF OCCUPATION OF THE INHABITANTS. Cockermoiith is a market town. Most of the inhabitants work at the usual businesses and trades of an ordinary small town. A Thread Mill in the adjoining Rural District emplo3'S about 150 employees (male and female labour). Saw-mills, a Brewery, Railwa3*s, and the Urban District Council employ a considerable number of persons. A few find employment about the cattle marts, whilst a few go to work in the coal-mines, in a granite quarr3q and in Iron Works outside the district. POPULAdTON. The Registrar General’s figures for the population of ilie district estimated to the middle of T920 is .pSof), on wliicji the birth and death rates are based.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29118153_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
