[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.
- Cumberland County Council
- Date:
- 1911
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Food—(a) Milk Supply— 95 cowsheds on the register, all regularly inspected. Samples of milk are taken from time to time by the officials. No complaints have been received as to the quality of the milk. (1) Other Foods— 10 licensed and 2 registered slaughter-houses. They have been regularly inspected. Their condition was satis- factory, and no fault was found with the way in which the business was conducted. Housing— The genera] character of defects observed related to light and ventilation, but the prevailing defect was dampness. Acute Infectious Diseases— 52 notifications received—the smallest number recorded since 1891. Isolation hospital accommodation adequate. The steam disinfector at Crozier Lodge is utilized. Tuberculosis— Provision is being made bv the Cfuardians for the isolation of advanced cases. COCKERMOUTH (RURAL), JOHN PENNY, M.B., D.Sc., Medical Officer of Health. Vital Statistics. Infectious Diseases Cases (and deaths). 1911. 1910. 1911. 1910. ( Estimated) Population 22,233 22,250 Total notifications 164 233 Birth-rate 26.4 26.9 Smallpox Nil Nil Death-rate 12.7 15.7 Scarlet Fever 124 190 Zymotic death-rate 0.9 1.3 Diphtheria 27 24 Phthisis death-rate 0.4 1.03 Fevers (Enteric, &c.) 1 2 Total tuberculosis death- Puerperal Fever ... 2 Nil rate 0.6 1.3 Cases treated in Hospital 53 84 Respiratory diseases Measles (Nil) (13) death-rate 1.9 2.3 Whooping Cough ... (6) (2) Infant mortality rate per Diarrhoea (8) (5)](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29132770_0076.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
