[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council.

  • Breconshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL STATISTICS. Area (Square miles) ... 733 Area (Acres) ... 469,285 Population (1931 Census) ... 57,775 ,, (1939 Census) ... 54,357 ,, (1951 Census) ... 56^508 ,, (1961 Census) ... 55,544 ,, estimated to Middle of 1963 ... 54,390 Rateable Value (1st April, 1963) ... £1,226,245 Sum represented by Id. rate, 1963/64 ... £4,848 VITAL STATISTICS. Live Births ... 906 Live birth rate per 1,000 population ... 16.65 Illegitimate Live Births (percentage of total Live Births) ... 4.30 Stillbirths ... 21 Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths ... 22.65 Total Live and Stillbirths ... 927 Infant deaths (under 1 year) ... 21 Infant Mortality Rates.— Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births ... 23.17 Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births ... 24.21 Illegitimate infant deaths per 1.000 illegitimate live births ... Nil Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births (first four weeks) ... 13.24 Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths uuder 1 week per 1.000 total live births) ... 11.03 Peri-natal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week combined per 1,000 total live and still births) ... 33.44 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: No action has been taken regarding the provision of Health Centres, nor is any action contemplated. 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 residential nurseries, (e) Mother and baby homes, (f) Dental treatment given to expectant or nursing mothers, and children under 5 years of age, (S) care of premature infants,