[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Carlisle City.

  • Carlisle (England). City Council.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Carlisle City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1912 122.5 84.2 102.4 1913 147.6 107.5 127.1 1914 111.2 134.4 122.4 1915 150.6 137.7 144.3 1916 115.3 105.9 101.5 1917 118.6 95.5 106.5 1918 135.4 117.8 126.8 25 deaths occuried during the first week of life, whiclr is equal to 19.1 per cent, of the total under one year of age. In the previous year the percentage was higher, viz.,, 24.3. Premature birth was responsible for 17.6 per cent„ of the deaths under one year of age. The principal causes of deaths under one year during the past ten years are shown in the following table: — 1909 1910 1911 1912 ^1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 19B Diarrhoea and Enteritis ... 24 14 42 11 22 26 19 19 27 15 Premature Birth ... 25 33 20 18 83 24 36 30 23 23 Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus 20 15 14 18 15 19 15 8 8 10 Bronchitis & Pneumonia ... 1.5 17 29 25 21 22 24 16 12 26 \ ...