[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C.

  • Cockermouth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1910
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Credit: [Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COCKERMOUTH URBAN DISTRICT. I'o THE Chairman and Memrers of the Urban District Coftncil. Ci e n 1! eiHc n. I be^‘ to present inv Aniuinl Report tor the \’enr 1910- the fourth that I h;i\e had tlie pri\ilep'e ot pre- paring'. d'his (191 ]) is a Ciensus ^■t•al■, and the estimated po['iulation of the District toi' se\'eral \'ear.<; past are prohabK' incorrect to an aj'ipieciable depi'ee. So tar as the\' po tlie mortalit\' lipures toi' '1910 are iinla\ oiir- ab’.e, both as I'epards the peneral death rate aiul tiie ndantile moiTalit\'. d'he foi'iner will prc'ibabh' recpdre rectit\ inp' when the Census f'lpures are published ; but the latter is a more exact tipure, as it is based upon the population of the district. It is 17() per 1,000 biiths, and is the hiphest for the past ten \'ears with the exception of 1904- when it was 19T. 'The incidence of notifiable infectious disease has also been of a very satisfactoi'v chaiacter. Un- torlunateh’ one case ol Scarlet [ever was amonp' the same breakinp' the pood I'ecord of the two pi'eceedinp' }ears, but this was more than balanced bv the absence of diphthei'ia. Durinp the vear Orders or Repulations, u.suallv accompanied bv MemoVanda or Circulars have been issued by the Local Government Board, with repard to I'own l^lanninp', Countv Medical Officei's of llealth, duties and appointment ot Medical Officers of Health and Inspectors ot Nuisances. Provision and Adminis- tration ot Diphtheritic Antitoxin, and Prevention of Plap'ue. I'he New Order as to the duties ot Medical Officers of Health and Inspector of Nuisances throws increased work, especially of a clerical nature, on these officer and will amonp* thinps add to the bulk of annual reports.
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