[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C.

  • Cockermouth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cockermouth Urban District. Area Physionl Features, etc. TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Gentlemen, As I only took up office on December first, it is not possible for me to report completely on the health of the district. The following report has been com- piled from such records as are available, but naturally- as the town was without a Medical Officer for several months these are not complete. On several points I have also made use of information which I have acquired during my short tenure of office. The statistics compiled from the death returns are accurate. It is to be regretted that Housing Inspection in the district has been practically a dead letter. My thanks are due to the Clerk and Inspector for some of the information contained in the report. Your obedient servant, D.’ J. McLEISH, March 6th, 1914. Medical Officer of Health. R E: PORT. The area of the district in statute acres (exclusive of area covered by water) is 2389'i44. The geological formation of the larger portions of the district is gravel with Skiddaw slate and limestone on the boundary covered in parts with glacial drifts, boulder clay, and waterborne sediment, sand and gravel. The town is intersected by two very fast flowing rivers, the Cocker which flows from lake Crummock (thereby draining the Buttermere, Loweswater and Lorton Vales), and joins the other, the Derwent, which flows from lakes Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite, about the centre of 3mur Urban area. The climate is very variable, the prevailing winds are from the south-west with a heavy rainfall. Ollmate