[Report 1930] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1930
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1930] / Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In all cases the estimated populations as supplied by the Registrar- General have been used for the purposes of this table. BIRTHS. The total number of births registered in the Administrative County during 1930 was 6,342, made up as follows: — LegitimkU niefitimate Total Qrand Total Male 1 Female Male 1 Female Male 1 Female Urban Districts 27G9 2554 109 86 2878 2640 5518 Rural Districts G9G| 405 11 12 407 417 824 Total 31G5 2959 120 98 3285 3057 • 6342 In 1929 there were 6,419 births; in 1928, 6,612, in 1927, 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 births; and in 1914, 9,455 births. The birth rate for 1930 was 1 7'6 per 1,000 persons living. In 1929 the rate was 17'8; in 1928, 18'3; in 1927, 17-5; 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 1920, 29-2; in 1919, 22-9; in 1918, 24-8; in 1917, 231 ; in 1916. 25-7; in 1915, 28 59; and in 1914, 30 2. For the Urban Districts of the County the birth-rate was 17‘9 per 1,000 for 1930, and for the Rural Districts, 15‘6, as compared with 181 and 16'3 respec- tively for 1929 and 18'6 and I6'5 for 1928. The birth-rate for 1930 shows a decrease of 2 upon the rate for 1929, and an increase of 1 upon the figure for 1927, which was the lowest rate ever recorded for the County. The number of births of illegitimate children was 218, which gives a rate of 35-5 per 1,000 of the total births, and 60 per 1,000 population. Last year the number was 230, equal to 35'8 per 1,000 births, and '63 per 1,000 of popu- lation. For the year 1928, the figures were 246, equal to 37'2 per 1,000 births, and '68 per 1,000 population. The birth-rate for England and Wales was 16‘3,