[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhondda U.D.C.

  • Rhondda (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhondda U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The total number of deaths registered in the district during 1919 amounted to 2,024, of which 25, including the deaths of 5 soldiers, were of persons not belonging to the Ehondda. On the other hand there must be added to the number of 1,999 thus arrived at the deaths of 112 Rhondda residents which occurred outside the district with the result that a net total of 2,111 deaths of persons belonging to the district is attained. The 112 deaths which occurred elsewhere were accounted for by 26 at Cardiff Infirmary, 35 at Bridgend Asylum, 16 at Ponty- pridd Workhouse asd 35 at various other places. The total of 2,111 deaths allocated to the district is less by 129 than the number for the previous year, and gives a crude death-rate of 11.9 per 1,000 of the living population. This death-rate is the lowest yet recorded in the Rhondda and is in accordance with the steady decline, which, with few exceptions, such as that caused by the epidemic of influenza in 1918, has taken place for many years. The porresponding figure for England and Wales, and the 96 Great Towns, is 13.8, Rhondda occupying the twenty-seventh place among the latter. Chief amongst the causes of death were the following: — Bronchitis 262 Premature and Marasmic Group 195 Influenza 195 Pneumonia (all forms) 180 Tuberculosis 148 Organic Heart Disease 144 Violent Deaths... 98 Cancer 87