[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C.

  • Cockermouth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. For the year, 1953. The area of the district in statute acres (and inland Avater) is 2,0G5. RAINFALL. Records.* taken at Sunscales Reservoir. Cockermoiith. 330 feet above sea level 1953 Inches of rain January 2.04 February 1.51 March 0.54 April 3.10 May 2.02 June 1.53 July 7.25 August 4.32 September 5.99 October 2.26 November 7.00 December 2.69 Total 40.25 Over 1 inch of rain fell on the following dates :— 11th. 24 th. 31st. 27th and 30th. 14th and 26th. (5 years’ average rainfall 1948-1952 inclusive—45.98 inches). *Kindly given by Mr. Maurice Dixon, .Surveyor, Cockermoiith Lrban District Council. POPULATION. The population figure of 5,250 is given for the year 1953 by the Registrar-fieneral and called by him the “Home po]mlatinn’’ (i.e. —as in 19.52—including members of the Armed Forces stationed in the area) ; on this figure the birth and death rates and the incidence of notifiable diseases are based. N.B,—The pojmlation figure for 1952 was 5,170.