[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Montgomeryshire County Council.

  • Montgomeryshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Montgomeryshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chairman and Members of the Montgomery County Council. Mr.Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I hove the honour to present my Annual Report for 1957* The work of the Council’s Health Department continues to increase in all sections. VITAL STATISTICS: (pages 1 and 16-20) Population: The Registrar General’s estimate of the population for nid-1957 at 44,930 shows a very slight decrease over 1956 and is the lowest population for the County since 1945 (44,680). Births: There were 684 live births during the year (15*22 per 1,000 population.) Prom 1941 to 1947 there was a general tendency towards an increase in the number of births each year, but since then the number has tended to decline. The provisional Birth Rate for England and Wales during 1957 was 16*1 per 1,000 population. Infantile Mortality Rate (i.e.deaths of infants under one year of age per 1.000 live births ,~T (pages 2 and 3.) During 1957 . fifteen infants died before reaching one year of age, giving an Infantile Mortality Rate of 21*93 per 1,000 live births as compared with a Rate of 23 for England and Wales. The Rates for this County and for the country as a whole arc the lov/est ever re- corded, and it is encouraging to note that the County Rate is lower than the national figure. It is interesting to note that the Infantile Mortality Rate has been decreasing since the beginning of this century. The Rate for the whole of Wales was 28. Rates for Year. Mont ~o me ry shire England & Wales 1902 107 133 1911 96 118 1921 82 83 1931 69 66 19U 49 59 1951 30 30 1957 22 23 Neo-natal Mortality Rate. (page 3) Of the 684 infants born alive during the year, 13 died within 4 weeks of birth, giving a neo-natal mortality rate of 19*0 per 1,000 live births (1956 rate - 23*7)• Two infants only died after reaching 4 weeks and before reaching 12 months of age. Stillbirths. There were 26 stillbirths during the year, giving a Stillbirth Rate of 0*58 per 1,000 population. Stillbirths per 1,000 total live and stillbirths were 37« The number of stillbirths in 1956 was 12 giving a Stillbirth Rate of 0*27. The narked reduction in the Infantile Mortality Rate during the past 50 years has been confined mainly to the saving of infants after the first week of age. There were no stillbirths to unmarried mothers and of the 23 illegitimate births, all survived to one year of age.