[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Monmouthshire County Council.
- Monmouthshire County Council
- Date:
- 1925
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Measles and Wlioopino- Cough were epidemic during numbers of deaths were caused thereby. Tl.is was expected, as 1924 wa.s a mild year for these diseases. The number of deaths from Cancer remains g figure which has characterised recent years. INFANTILE MORTALITY.—The total number of deaths under one year of age throughout the Administrative County was 679, 640 in the Urban Districts and 49 in the Rural Districts. The rate per 1,000 births was 83‘8, ivhich is 8'2 higher than last year s rate. In the Urban Districts the rate was 87-2 per 1,000 births, and in the Rural Districts 56-1 per 1,000 births. In 1924, the Infantile mortality rate was 75'6; in 1923, 73'0; in 1922, 83 4, in 1921 91-5; in 1920, 87-9; in 1919, 88-0; in 1918, 97 6; in 1917, 84-3; in 1916, 88-4; in 1915, 128-5; in 1914, 106; in 1913, 115; in 1912, 105; in 1911,149; in 1910, 112; in 1909, 104; in 1908, 142 per 1,000 births. The rate for England and Wales was 75. The Infantile Mortality Rate was higlier than the previous year’s figure, but it is still below that for 1921. Epidemics of Measles, Whooping Cough, and Infan- tile Dia.rrhoea were responsible for the increase. Tiie average rate for the 25 years, X891 1915, was 137-4. The average for the ten years, 1916—1925, was 85-64. The m’.mber of deaths of illegitimate childrin under one year of age was 30, or 3-7 per 1,000 of all births, and 127-1 per 1,000 of illegitimate births. Last year the number of deaths was 27, or 3-23 per 1,000 of all births, and 110-7 per 1,000 of illegitimate births . The measures adopted by the County for the reduction of Infantile ^^lortality are fully dealt with in the Report upon Maternity and Child Welfare for the year 1925, which has already been published and presented to the Council. A perusal of this report will show that the marked progress in infant welfare, w^hich was we]l under way in 1921, is being fully maintained. Number of deaths occurring during certain age periods in children under one year of age:— Under 1 week 1—2 weeks 2—3 weeks 3-4 weeks rotsi under 1 month 1.-3 months 3-6 months 6—9 months 9—12 months Total under 1 year Urban Districts 175 50 24 23 272 81 90 99 1 82 624 1 Rural Districts 10 5 ... 1 16 12 9 1 1 3 5 45 1 185 55 24 24 288 93 99 102 1 1 87 669 N.B.—The figures in the foregoing table were supplied by the District Medical Officers of Health,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28861450_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
