[Report 1929] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sequence of child-birth, was, from sepsis, 21; and from other causes, 27. This has been fully commented upon in the Maternity and Child Welfare Report which has been published and presented to the Council. INFANTILE MORTALITY.—The total number of deaths under one year of age throughout the Administrative County was 435—381 in the Urban Districts and 54 in the Rural Districts. The rate per 1,000 births was 67-7 a decrease of 4-59 upon the figure for 1928, which was 72 29. The figure for the year 1929 is the second lowest on record for the County, the previous lowest being 66’1 for the year 1926. In the Urban Districts the rate was 68 5 per 1,000 births, and in the Rural Districts, 62'6 per 1,000' births. In 1928, the Infantile Mortality rate was 72-29; in 1927, 87-3; in 1926, 66’1; in 1925, 83-8; in 1924, 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 74. The average Infantile Mortality rate for the 25 years, 1891—1915, was r37’4. The average for the fourteen years, 1916—1929, was 81-92. The number of deaths of illegitimate children under one year of age was 29, or 4-5 per 1,000 of all births and 126-08 per 1,000 of illegitimate births. Last year the number of deaths was 28, or 4-2 per 1,000 of all births, and 113-8 per 1,000 of illegitimate births. The measures adopted by the County for the reduction of Infantile Mortality are fully dealt with in thei Report upon Maternity and Child Welfare for the year 1929, which has already been published and presented to the Council. Number of deaths occurring during certain age periods in children under one year of age:— Under 1 week 1-2 week! 2-3 week! 3-4 week! Total under 1 month 1—j monthi 3-4 months months 9—la months Total nndar 1 year Urban Districts 130 I 26 15 182 51 1 57 \ 43 45 '378 Rural Districts 11 • 1 8 1 24 12 ■ * 7 49 Totals 141 1 30 1 19 16 206 63 I- 58 ^1 48 52 427 N.B.—The figures in the foregoing table were supplied by the District Medical Officers of Health,