[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Hay U.D.C.

  • Hay (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Hay U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ^3/, Hay Ijyban Dlstrlet, jjifantile ?.'iorta].lty, This is the number of deaths occurring in under one year of age. Tlie rate is calcuD.ated per 1000 live births* 1958 Moles• Vomales, Total, Rate • .,.,.2 ...,76,8, 1939 1. .,. .66.6, 1940 ,2 2 A 1941 0.... . 0, 0 0. 1942., ,1 0,,, . . , 1 19^3 ....41.0, 1 944, c.. .. . *. 0,. . , . 0 , . . . .,0 0. 1945 1946, 1 .. . .41.0* 1947*....... 0 0. 1948 1949 1950 0, England and Vi/al es , 1 950.. . .. .29.8. Analysis of Causes of Deaths* Males , ,,8, Females ••••••••16 Caus e. Mr. le 3 , V emales• Tuberculosis, respiratory* Tuberculosis, other...... 1 0, I/Ia 1 ignant ne opi asm, s t omach 2 0. Ma3 ip^nant noonlasm, hear>t 1, Other mr l^ gnant ne o‘ol asms 1. Vascular lesions of nervous system,,,,,, Coronary disease....... Hypertension with heart disease, Ot’ier her*'’t d1 seaso ^t - r t - t , t - t • 4. Other circulatory disease,, 1. Br onchit is The deaths are classified under the headings given in the new Abridged List of Causes, Illegitimacy. The mmiber of illcgitiraato births registered as belonging to residents of the district in 1950 amounted to Nil, Maternal Mortality. There were ho deaths during the year which could “ be attributed to childbirth, SECTION 2. i-EHERAL PROVISIONS Of HEALTH SERVICES. Public Health Officers» The same arrangements existed during the year as in the previous year, Mr,G,G,Evans acted as your Sanitary Inspector, and was employed in a similar capacity by the Rural District of Hay and Paincastle, Laboratory Vacliltios, During the year laboratory facilities wore ava‘lablo at Hereford, Cardiff, Newport, Carmarthen, Svjansea, Aberystwyth and Lrecon, All water samples were sent to the Public Health Laboratory at Hereford whilst any investigation required in the control of infectious disease could be performed at the Public Health Laboratory at Cardiff and at Hereford, All the milk testing was done by the Public Health Laboratory at Hereford,