[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council.

  • Breconshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL STATISTICS. Area (Square miles) ... 733 Area (Acres) ... 469,281 Population (1931 Census) ... 57,775 ,, (1939 Census) ... 54^357 ,, (1951 Census) ... 56,508 estimated to Middle of 1959 ... 55,800 Rateable Value (1st April, 1959) ... £547,555 Sum represented by Id. rate, 1958/59 ... £1956/7/0 VITAL STATISTICS. Live Births ... 855. Live birth rate per 1,000 population ... 15.32 Stillbirths ... 28. Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths ... 31.71 Total Live and Stillbirths ... 883. Infant deaths ... 14. Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births— Total births ... 16.37 Legitimate births ... 17.05 Illegitimate births ... Neo-natal mortality rate per 1.000 live births (first four weeks) ... 14.03 Illegitimate live births per cent, of total live births ... 3.97% Maternal deaths (including abortion) ... Nil Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still- births ... Nil NATIONAL HEALTH SERYICE ACT, 1946. Section 21.—Health Centres: Again it has not been possible to make any progress in the provision of Health Centres but the matter is still before the Committee. Section 22. — Care of Mothers and Young Children: This Section covers the following activities: — (a) Ante-natal clinics, (b) Post-natal clinics, (c) Child welfare clinics, (d) Day nurseries and residental nurseries, (e) Mother and baby homes, (f) Dental treatment given to expectant or nursing mothers, and children under 5 years of age, (g) care of premature infants, (h) Ophthalmia Neonatorum, and Maternal Deaths, etc., and replaces the old heading of Maternity and Child Welfare. Information and figures relating to the various sections are given below: — Care of Premature Infants, i.e., babies weighing 5£ lbs. or less at birth, irrespective of period of gestation: —