[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council.

  • Radnorshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1 lie biith-rate for the County is 17 lower Ilian 1920. Of the Urban Districts the highest rate is in Presteign viz. 25.2 and of the Rural Districts the highest rate is in Painscastle viz. 24.3. ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS. 1 here were 29 during 1921 (Urban Districts 8, Rural Districts 21) equal to 6.5 per cent, of the total births. DEATH RATE. I he number of deaths which occurred in the County during 1921, after due correction for residents and non-residents, was 256, compared with 265 in 1920. Of the 236 deaths, 70 (34 males and 36 females) occurred in the urban districts and 186 (101 males and 85 females) occurred in the rural districts. The particulars are as follows Areas. Number of Deaths, 1921 Death rate, 1921. Death-rate, 1920. * URBAN DISTRICTS— Knighton 22 130 l6'6 Llandrindod Wells 25 S'9 12 5 Presteigne ... 23 19-9 217 RURAL DISTRICTS— Colwyn 21 IO'2 SB Knighton 45 io’S ir4 New Radnor 23 87 9'9 Painscastle... 26 11*8 9'2 Rhayader ... 7i I4'3 136 Urban Districts ... 70 I2'4 156 Rural Districts ... 186 ii‘6 hi Administrative County 256 11'8 I2'3 England and Wales I 2 I 1 2*4 * From the report of the Registrar General for 1920 the population has been revised according to the census of 1921. The crude death-rate for the County is 3'6 per 1000 lower than 1920. Of the Urban Districts, the highest rate occurred in Presteigne, viz.: i9'g, and of the Rural Districts in Rhayader, viz.: 14-3.