[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontypool R.D.C.

  • Pontypool (Wales). Rural District Council.
Date:
1944
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    % RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF rONTYPOOL. (Pub II c Health Departm • nt Radical Officer of Health; June 1st., I9k5* JYC.Ho Bird, M.B., Ch.B, RIve r si de Ho as e, Usk, Gontlemon. 4/ ■W In conformance with Circular k9/k5 (Wales) I beg to present the Annual Report of the Radical Officer of Health for the year 19iyly« It is estimated that the population of the iontypool Rural District at the end. of 19Vf wa s as followss- Adults, Q-jj yearn, 380. 5~lii years. 924. Total, J551 Vital Statistics Total Live Births?- 689, 0 opening in^ recent years by the Monmo athsiiire County Council u a maternity Hospital at Llanfrechfa Grange accounts for the great increase of.births occurring in the district. It is estimated that .ms maternity home in conjunction with the older established '■pntyderrt Maternity Home accounted for 61±p of the births mentioned 00 vc» The patients in these two maternity are drawn from all over y0hniouthshire and a computation of the Birth Rate from the above figures would give an entirely erroneous figure* 0 c». U ii < Deaths occurring in rhe district peat hs occurr_ng outside the district 77'^ Tc0:?1° normally resident in the district i.c. ninward transfers” 2 - TOTAL. 21. Males• TdS • 18. Female; 23. 31' Estimated Death Rates- 15,9 per 10000. The preponderance of male deaths is Death of infants under 1 months- Death of infants 1 mt. — 1 year;— noticeable, TOTAL, Male • T^ TT* Nil. Nil, 12*. 5. Female. 7* Nil, 7* w Ten of the above deaths ere due in the majority of occurred in the Maternity Hospitals instances to congenital defects. anc. Causes of Deaths Heart Disease, Pulmonary disease (other than T.3.) Urinary Dilease. Pulmonary .Tuberculosis. Cancer. Males• 19* k. 2, 7* Females• 9- 1. 2. 1. 1.