[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough.

  • Llanelli (Wales). Borough Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VITAL STATISTICS. The Registrar-General has estimated the population of the Boiough foi the year 1936 as 37,730—a decrease of 160 compared with that of 1935. Since the population was enumerated at the Census of 1931, it has decreased by 686 according to the Registrar- General s estimates. The estimated annual populations are as follow :— 1931 (Census) 38,416 1934 (estimated) 37,900 1932 (estimated) 38,450 1935 (estimated) 37,890 1933 (estimated) 38,100 1936 (estimated) 37,730 The natural increase of population, i.e., the excess of births over deaths during 1936, was 40. The corresponding figure for 1935 was 65. Births.- 527 births were registered during the year, but after making allowance for transferable births the Registrar-General gives the net number belonging to the borough as 488, equal to a birth rate of 12.93 per 1,000 of the population, 0.74 per 1,000 lower than the rate for the year 1935 (13.67). The birth rate for the year 1936 is the lowest yet recorded. Illegitimate births numbered 11, or one illegitimate birth to 43 legitimate births. The birth rate for England and Wales for 1936 was 14.8 per 1,000 of the population. Table showing the Number of Births and Birth Rates per 1,000 Population. 1 936 1935 1 934 1933 1 932 No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate Llanelly 488 12.93 518 13.67 549 14.49 529 13.88 561 14.59 England and Wales 14.8 ... 14.7 ... 14.8 ... 14.4 ... 15.3 Still Births numbered 39—all legitimate— giving a rate of 1.03 per 1,000 of the population. The rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, was 74.00. The still birth rate for England and Wales was 0.61 per 1,000 of the population.