[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth R.D.C.
- Cockermouth (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1946
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The* following table gives the number of new cases and Mortality (all cases):— New Ga«e.s ] )eaths 1946 Non- Non- Respiratory Respinvtory Reapii-atorj- Reapirabory Age M F M F M F M F Under 1 ywir — — — — — — — 1—6 5-10 10—16 — — — 1 — — — 2 I I 15-20 — 3 — 1 — — — 20-26 ♦.. 1 2 — — — 1 — — 25-35 3 1 — 1 — — —. 35—45 1 1 — 2 — — _ 45—56 — — 1 — — — 56 -fi5 — — — — — — — — 65—and upwards ... 1 — . — — — — — — Totals 6 7 1 2 3 1 0 2 The number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register at the end of 1946 was as follows:— Males Females Total Pulmonary . . 40 30 70 Noil-pulmonary 18 . '7 35 All Cases C-n I 00 1 47 105 Non-Notifiable Acute Infectious Disease.—Influenza was prevalent chiefly during the winter months, and four deaths were attributed to this disease, one each to Great Broughton, Great Clifton, Seaton and Einbleton—equivalent to an influenza death rate of .21 per 1,000 of the population, as coinipared with nil in 1945. The rate for England and Wales (1946) was 0.15. Re Measles and Whooping .Cough (which became notifiable as from 1st November, 1930.—According to notifications received measles affected four parishes more or less, Seaton (5), Embleton (1), Dearham (1) and Broughton Moor (8)—notifications number- ing 15. Notified Whooping Cough cases occurred in only one par- ish (Crosby), there’being two notifications. The case rates of Measles and Whooping Cough (as per notifi (;ations received) were respectively .82 and 0.10 per 1,000 of the population, as compared with 3.92 and 2,28 for all England and Wales.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29117811_0030.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
