[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C.

Cockermouth (England). Urban District Council.

Date:: 1920

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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT OF THK MFDICAL OFFICER OF* HEALTH. XATHRAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THK DISTRIC IS I'lie area of the district in statute acres (land and inland water) is 2425. 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 b}'’ two very fast flowing rivers, the Cocker, which flows from Lake Crummock (thereby draining the Butterniere, Loweswater, and Lorton Vales), and joins the other, the Derwent, which flows from Lakes Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite, about the centre of your Urban area. CLIMATE. The climate of Cockeimouth is a very variable one. The prevailing winds are from the South-West with a heavy rainfall.