[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Monmouth Borough.

Monmouth (Wales). Borough Council.

Date:: 1960

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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Monmouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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I STATISTICS The estimated mid-year population for i960 was 5?720. In 1950 it was 5»601. The natural increase, i.e. the number of births exceeding the number of deaths, was 31• The natural increase in 1959 was 17 and in 1958 it was only 3. BIRTHS Live Births Males Females Total Legitimate 51 4l 92 Illegitimate 1^5 The highest number of births recorded since 1950 was 111 in 1952. The lowest was 73 in 1959* The live birth rate for Monmouthshire per 1,000 population was 17*29 Still Births There were no still births. There were 3 still births in 1952 and 1953* INFANT MORTALITY There were no deaths of Infants under one year of age. In 1953 there was one death of an infant under one year of age and in 1951 there were five deaths. The Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births for Monmouthshire was 25*5*