[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth R.D.C.
- Cockermouth (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1914
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![lO Groups of Diseases Diseases I nfant Deaths under T year igio —igi3 Infant Deaths under I year 1914 Infantile Mortality per 1000 bit ths :9io —1913 nfantue Mortality per 1000 births 1914 Percent- age Saving Measles 8 0 Infectious Diseases Whooping Cough 8 17 2 2 7'i 3‘3 53‘5 Diphtheria I 0 /Tuberculous 1 Meningitis 2 0 Tuberculous j Abdominal Diseases 1 Tuberculosis I 4 0 0 17 o'o 100 1 1 Other Tuberculous Diseases I 0 Respiratory Bronchitis 26 48 5 7 201 427 Diseases ] Pneumonia 22 2 Diseases mainly Convulsions 27 4 dependent on Diarrhoea 7 66 I 8 277 13*2 527 Improper Enteritis 16 1 Feeding ^ Gastritis 16 2 Diseases ' Congenital dependent on Malformation 19 2 Ante-natal Premature Birth 39 58 8 II 24'3 i8'i 257 Conditions _ Atelectasis 0 I Diseases partly de- r pendent on Anti- Atrophy, natal conditions Debility, and and partly on Marasmus 38 6 i5'9 9'9 377 Improper Feeding 1 Other Causes ... 35 6 147 9'9 32-6 Totals ... 2 66 40 65'9 41 Total Births, 1910--1913 ... 2385 Total Births, 1914 ... 607 The above table shows (i) That the greatest number of infantile deaths are due to improper feeding. (li) The next most important cause of death is ante-natal conditions i.e. causes dependent on the condition of the mother prior to the birth of the child. (iii) The next cause in order of importance is Respiratory Diicasfs—bronchitis and pneumonia and both ot these diseases often are sequelae ot the next most important cause ot intantile deaths namely— (iv) Infectious diseases, of which the most important are whooping cough and measles.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29117690_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
