[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C.
- Cockermouth (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1952
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![»7 The Scarlet Fever ease and death rate per 1,000 of the popu- lation, thei’efore, tvere O.-'iS and nil, as compared with nil both rates for ]951. The corresjjonding rates for all England a,nd Wales (1952) were 1.53 and 0.00. There Avas, again, no Diiditheria notification, so that the case and death rate per 1,000 of the population were both nil the same as in 1951. The corresponding rates for all England and Wales (19.52) were 0.01 and 0.00. The immunisation campaign against Diphtheria was continued as before. Most of the actual inoculations wgre given by me at the School Clinic (Hartford House, Main Street) as in previous years. The co-operation of local Medical Practitioners and Head Teachers, and particularly that of the County Health Visitot, Miss Horn, is hereby gratefully acknowledged. According to figures kindly supplied by the Divisional Medical officer during the year under review 32 (1951—16) elementary school children 5 to 14 years and 84 (1951—91) infants under 5 years Avere given primary injections ftAvo at intervals of a feAv Aveeks) AA'hilst 18 children received a single reinforcing dose (these are children Avho received tAvo primary doses 4 to 5 years preAuously). It is essential that there should be a high level of immimisation among children generally and particularly in regard to infants under one year of age in the 0 to 5 years group. Acute Poliomyelitis.—During the summer one case Avith some paralysis—an adult male and a farmer—Avith, eventually, recovery to normal. There Avere no notifications of Typhoid (including Paratyphoid) Fever, Encephalitis Lethargica, Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Erysipelas or Ophthalmia Neonatorum. • Puerperal Pyrexia.—One notification Avas received. The case rate for Puerperal Pyrexia (including Puerperal Fever) is better expressed in relation to the number of births registered than to the population. When calculated on this basis the rate Avas :— Puerperal Pyrexia 10. t per 1,000 total births (i.e. live and still births), the I’ate for 1951 being nil. The corresponding rate (1952) for England and Wales Avas 17.87. There Avas no Maternal death ; the Maternal Mortality Rate therefore was again nil )Aer 1,000 total (live and still) births, the same as in 1952. Pneumonia.—Although no notifications Avere received (as in the previous year), one death from Pneumonia (all forms) Avas registered in 1952. I](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29118323_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
