[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Abergavenny R.D.C.

  • Abergavenny (Wales). Rural District Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Abergavenny R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vital Statistics. Live Births—Legitimate Total 90 40 Illegitimate 6 1 Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated population ■ 1 r37 Still Births—Legitimate 4 2 Illegitimate 2 — Rate per 1,000 of estimated population Deaths 072 101 54 Death rate per 1,000 of estimated population Death rate per 1,000 registered births Deaths of Infants under one year of age Death rate of Infants under one year of age (per 1,000 live births). Deaths from Puerperal causes Deaths from Cancer (all ages) Deaths from Measles (all ages) Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) F. 50 4 2 2 47 12'09 9'4 1 10’5 Nil 13 Nil Nil Nil General Provisions of Health Services for the Area. The Public Health Staff consists of a whole time Sanitary Inspector holding the qualified certificate of the Royal Sanitary Institute, and Sanitary Inspector’s Joint Examination Board; and a part time Medical Officer of Health. Having completed the housing inspections and records concerning them, the part time Sanitary Inspector’s services were not required after March, 1937. The Laboratory facilities during 1937 were unchanged ; and full use has been made of them for the testing of public water supplies ; and milk samples from schools and ■farms in the district.