[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Workington Borough.
- Workington (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1925
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Workington Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![MATERNITY AN]) CHILI) WELFARE. Births. The number of births during the year was 2T8 males and 250 females, giving a total of 528 and a birth-rate equal to 19.3 per 1,000. There were 19 illegitimate births during the year. The following table shows the birth-rates for the last five years : — Year. No. of Births. Birth-rate per 1000, No. of Illegitimate Births. Males, Females Total, Males. Females Total. 1921 343 358 701 25‘5 per 1,000 15 12 27 1922 348 287 635 23-39 16 13 29 1923 302 316 618 22-51 16 12 28 1924 272 275 547 19-9 10 14 24 1925 278 250 528 19-3 9 10 19 Infant Deaths. There were 04 deaths of infants under one year of age. The Infantile Mortality was therefore 121.2 per 1,000 births. This rate is higher than the rates for the two previous years, and is mainly due to deaths from Measles, which numbered four, and the increased number of deaths from Lung diseases, especially Pneumonia in the last quarter of the year. The number of deaths of illegitimate infants was three, and the number of still-births twentv-two. The following table shows the Infantile Mortality Rates for the last five years : —](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30293303_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
