[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council.

  • Glamorgan (Wales). County Council. nb2014013905.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS. The following is a short extract from the Vital Statistics of the year 1943 :— Live Births : Total. Male. Legitimate 12,244 6,277 Illegitimate • 560 276 Stillbirths 458 245 Deaths 8,679 4,890 Deaths from Puerperal Causes : Puerperal and Post Abort : Sepsis Deaths. 19 Other Maternal Causes . . 43 Total .. ■ . . . 62 Female. 5,967 /Birth rate per 1,000 of population, 284 l 18-4 rRate per 1,000 total (live and still) 213 i births, 34-53, or 0-66 per 1,000 l population. Death rate per 1,000 of population, 12-4. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. 1-43 3- 24 4- 67 Death rate of Infants under one year of age : All infants per 1,000 live births Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births Deaths from Certain Causes : Cancer (all ages) Measles (all ages) Whooping Cough (all ages) Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 56 55 75 1,080 23 20 56 MILK PRODUCTION. The results of sampling of milk produced under licence of the County Council as the Authority under the Milk (Special Designations) Orders, 1936-1938, is shown in the following table :— 1 942 1943 Grade 0/ /° Satisfactory 0/ /o Unsatisfactory 0/ /o Satisfactory' % Unsatisfactory Tuberculin tested 79 21 78 22 Accredited 75 25 74 26 There has been no improvement in milk production as far as one can judge. It must be recognised that milk producers have difficulties associated with war conditions and these undoubtedly have played a part in the results obtained.