[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Pembroke Borough.

  • Pembroke (Wales). Borough Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Pembroke Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BOR OU G H 0 P PEMBROKE ANNUAL REPORT OP THE MEDICAL OFFICER OP HEALTH FOR THE YEAR 1953 Tc His Worship the Mayer, and Corporation cf the Borough of Pembroke. Mr.Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, I beg to submit ray report for- the year ended 31st December, 1953. V I T A L S _ T A . T . I J3_ T _I 0 S Population (Registrar GeneralTs Estimate) 1953 12,720 There figure for 1952, is an increase cf 70 which was 12,650. compared with the estimated Live Births Male Female Total Legitimate 148 109 257 Illegitimate 5 6 11 Total Births 153 115 2 68 Birth Rate This was 21.07 per 1000 of the population compared with 16.7 for the County cf Pembroke and 15.5 for the whole of England and Wales. The Birth Rate for 1952 was 19.29. Still Births Male Female Total Legitimate 213 Illegitimate - This was 0.23 per 1000 of the population or 11.2 per 1000 live births compared with 26.5 per lOCOlive births in the County cf Pembroke, and 22.4 per 1000 live births in the whole cf England and Wales. Infant Mortality There were 8 deaths of infants under 1 year cf age, of which 6 were under 4 weeks old. The Infant Mortality Rate was 29.85 per 1000 live births, compared with a rate cf 25.3 for the County cf Pembroke, and 26.8 for the whole cf England and Wales. The Infant-Mortality Rate in the Borough is thus higher than in 1952, when it was 24.6, and very slightly higher than in 1951 when it was 29.52. Three cf the infant deaths were due tc prematurity, two cf these being twins delivered by Caesarean section because cf the serious condition of the Mother. One death was due tc birth injuries, one to atalectasis, or failure cf the lungs tc expand, and one tc erythroblastosis feetalis which may cause the death cf the bab3>- in spite of ante-natal investigations cf the Rh condition cf the Mother’s blood. These six deaths all occurred within the first week cf life. One death due tc broncho-pneumonia occurred, at ten months, and one baby cf eleven months was accidentally suffocated.