[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council.

  • Breconshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BRECONSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. I have the honour to submit to you ray Thirteenth Annual Report on the Vital Statistics and Sanitary Conditions of Breconshire for the year 1944. The death rate for the year was 12.12 compared with 11.6 for England and Wales and 13.18 for the County in 1943. The Birth Rate for Live Births was 17.87 compared with 17.6 for England and Wales and the Birth Rate for Still Births was 0.53 compared with 0.5 for England and Wales, the corres- ponding Birth Rates for the County in 1943 being Live Births i5.96 and Still Births 0.84. The Infantile Mortality rate for the year was 42.73 com- pared with 46 for England and Wales and 42.35 for the County in 1943. Several new features appear in this year's report and when the paper restrictions are removed it is hoped to include many other items . The number of deaths of Mothers during childbirth was 4, giving a rate per 1,000 total births of 4.14 compared with 1 death and a rate of 1.11 in 1943. The rate for England and Wales for 1944 being 10.34. I have the honour to be, Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Obedient Servant, W. F. W. BETENSON, County Medical Officer of Health. County Health Offices, Watton, Brecon, 14th November, 1945. Telephone—Office: Brecon 214. Home: Brecon 167.