[Report 1928] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1928
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Credit: [Report 1928] / Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6 In 1927 there were 6,522 births; in 1926, 7,575 births; in 1925, 8,100 births; in 1924, 8,368 births; in 1923, 8,737 births; in 1922, 8,805 births; in 1921, 10,312 births; in 1920, 10,779 births; in 1919, 8,487 births; in 1918, 8,948 births; in 1917, 8,402 births; in 1916, 8,848 births; in 1915, 10,194 birtlis; and in 1914, 9,455 births. The birth-rate for 1928 was 18'3 per 1,000 persons living. In 1927 the rate was IT‘5; in 1926, 20’3; in 1925, 21'5; in 1924, 22'3; in 1923, 23'5; in 1922, 23-8; in 1921, 28-3; in 4920, 29-2.; in 1919, 22-9; in 1918, 24 8; in 1917, 23-1 ; in 1916, 25-7; in 1915, 28'59; and in 1914, 30‘2. For the Urban Districts of the County the birth-rate was 18'6 per 1,000 for 1928, itnd for the Enral Districts, 16'3, as compared with 17’8 and 16'5 respectively for 1927, and 2102 and 15‘84 for 1926. The birth-rate for 1928 shows an increase of ’8 upon the rate for 1927, which was the lowest ever recorded for the County. The number of births of illegitimate children was 246, which gives a rate of 37‘2 per 1,000 of the total births, and ’68 per 1,000 population. Last year the number was 251, equal to' 38'48 per 1,000 births, and '67 per 1,000 of popula- tion. For the year 1926, the figures were 258, equal to 34‘06 per 1,000 births, and '69 per 1,000 population. The birth-rate for England and Wales was 16'7. DEATHS .—The total number of deaths registered in the Administrative County, as shown in the Registrar General’s table, was 3,954, as compared with 4,088 in 1927, 3,499 in 1926, 3,980 in 1925, 3,962 in 1924, 3,860 in 1923, 4,238 in 1922, 4,107 in 1921, 4,379 in 1920, 4,171 in 1919, 4,943 in 1918, 3,822 in 1917, 4,979 in 1916, 5,063 in 1915, and 4,356 in 1914. The general death-rate, calculated upon the estimated population of 361,300, works out at 10’9 per 1,000 living. In 1927, the rate was ll’O; in 1926, 9‘4; in 1925, 10-6; in 1924, 10-6; in 1923, 10 4; in 1922, llrt; in 1921, 11-3; in 1920, ll'O; in 1919, 11-7; in 1918, 15-3; in 1917, 11-7; in 1916, 12-9; in 1915, 15-3; and in 1914, 12’8. For the Urban Districts the rate for 1928 was 10’8, and for the Rural Districts, 11 4. The death-rate for England and Wales was 11‘7. The County death-rate of 10'9 is a decrease upon the previous year’s figure, which was ll'O,
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