[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Mold U.D.C.

  • Mold (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Mold U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Infantile Death Rate of Legitimate babies per 1,000 Legitimate Births :— 1952— 25.77. 1953— 51.28. Infantile Death Rate of Illegitimate babies per 1,000 Illegitimate Births :— 1952— 1.25. 1953— Nil. Infantile Death Rate per 1,000 Live Births (Legitimate and Illegitimate) :— 1952— 32.25. 1953— 49.58. England and Wales : Infantile Death Rate per 1,000 Live Births :— 1952— 27.6. 1953— 26.8. These figures might lead one to imagine that the Infant Death Rate had greatly increased. Actually 6 infants under a year old died, compared with 4 in 1952. 3 of those infants were under a month old. SECTION B. GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA. Officers—The Officers serving the Urban District during the year were :— j Medical Officer of Health—D. J. Fraser, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H. Sanitary Inspector and Surveyor—H. Geoffrey Barnes, S.I.B., M.R.S.I., M. Inst. B.E.. M. Inst. R.A., A.M. Inst. H.E. Laboratory Facilities—Provided hy the Public Health Laboratories at Conway and Birkenhead, and the Public Analyst, Chester. Ambulance Services—Provided bv the Flintshire County Council. An x^mhulance is stationed within the Urban Area on a 24-hour service. Sitting-case car transport is available under arrangements made by the County Welfare Officer. The local office is in Wrexham Street.
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