[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Hay U.D.C.

  • Hay (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Hay U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IITFAHTILE MORT/XITY. This is the nuraber of deaths occurring in children of u.nde.]:‘ one year of age. The rate is calculated per 1000 live births. Ma 1G s, Females, Total. Rato. 1038:: ■-. . ......2 1939 ] 940.... o 1941..... 1942.» -. 1943 r t - - - - t T . ,0, . . . . . 1 ,.c.41.0 1944 0.' 1945.... 1946,. . , ,...41.6 1947, . , , ..,,0... 0, ..,. , ..,..0, 1948.. .. .0 ....0... .0,,.... .,...0. England and Wales, 1948 Analysis of Causes of Heaths, ifelc s,.11 Females.,. Cause. Males, Females. Tuberculosis Respiratory System, 0 ,1, Other forms of tuberculosis ,1,.,. 0. Cancer Stomachv e.a.,.,*...,,,.,..,...,! ,.,•...,0, Cancer other sitesco., S,,,,., 0. Intracranial Vascular lesions,, • 1.«,. 1, Heart fiscP.so,,o ,o. o.,,. #,0 ..o..... c o,' . S.7. l^ncumonia. 0, Other Respiratory diseases..«1, ,0, Higestive HisecOses. 0 2, Violent causes 0.... ,1', All other causes,,. .1.. 0, The dfwaths are classified under the headings given in the new Abridged List of Causes, ILLEOITIIit/iCY. The number of illegitimate births registered as belonging to residents of the district in 1948 amounted to Hil, MidTElHIAL MORTALITY. There v/ere no deaths during the year v;hieh could b.e attributed to childbirth, SECTION 2, OEHERAL PROVISIOHS OF HE.'-LTH SERVICES. Public Health Officers. The same arrangements existed during'the year as in the provi.vuo year, Kir, G, 0,Evans acted as your Sanitarjr Inspector, 'mid vaas employed in a similar capacity by the Rural Histrict of I-Lyr and Paincastle, Laboratory Facilities. Luring the year Icuboratory facilities were available a.t Hc-refordjCardiff jNc^roort, Carmarthen,SmiisoajAborystnyth and- Lrecon, All-vc.tor samples were sent to the Public Analyst for the County a.t Carmarthen whilst any investigation required in the control 01*^ infectious disease could be performed at the Public Health Lahoratory at Cardiff and at Hereford, All the milh testing was done by the National Health Testing and Advisory Laboratory a.t Brecon,