[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council.

  • Radnorshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Areas. Live Births. Still Births. Births Birth Rates. No. Rates per 1,000 total births. 1936. 1936. 1931-35. 1936. 1929-35. Urban Districts : Knighton 20 11*2 13'9 1 39 Llandrindod Wells 40 151 10.4 1 70 Presteigne 18 15'9 15‘9 1 8 Rural Districts : Colwyn 31 16‘4 157 1 36 Knighton 70 19-2 16'5 3 65 New Radnor 32 131 161 1 65 Painscastle 43 211 16'8 1 83 Rhayader 63 131 151 0 32 Urban Districts 78 14-0 12.6 3 44 Rural Districts 239 161 15-9 6 55 Administrative County ... 317 157 151 9 53 England and Wales... — 148 15'0 — 41 The rates for still births per 1,000 total births, for the County in 1936 were 28 (Urban Districts 38, Rural 25) ; the rates for the 5 years 1931-35 were 53 (Urban 40, Rural 57), the rate for the Rural Districts of England and Wales for the 5 years 1931-35 was 41 and for Wales II, 53. On page 9 of my Annual Report for 1935, I gave the Live Birth Rates per 1,000 of the population of Radnorshire (Regis- tration County) for the 5 yearly periods 1876-80, to 1906-10 ; there was a decline during this period, from 35'3 to 25‘4, equal to 25 per cent. The rates for the Administrative County for the 3 years 1911-13 inclusive, and the 5 years 1931-35 are as follows :— 1911-13. 1931-35. Decrease. Per cent. Urban 20'0 12-6 7*4 37 Rural 23*5 15-9 7‘6 32 County 22*6 151 7’5 33 The decline was greatest in the urban districts.
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