[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Newcastle Emlyn U.D.C.

  • Newcastle Emlyn (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Newcastle Emlyn U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NEWGASTLE-EMLYN URBAN DISTRICT GOUNC|L Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,— I beg to submit my annual report for the year ended December 31st, 1953. Area : 208 acres. Population, 768. Number of Inhabited houses, 260. Ra:eable Value. £3,176. Product of a penny rate. £12 2s. 0.9d. Newcastle-Emlyn is a residential and market town situated in the Teifi Valley in West Carmarthenshire, serving the needs of a scattered agriculLiu’ai community living in the adjacent countiyside which, includes parts of South Cardiganshire and North Pembrokeshire. A milk pro- duces factory, shirt factory, egg grading station, an omnibus depot, and various shops and business concerns p.ovide employment for a good number. There is one primary school in the area. The town possesses excellent facilities for the maiketlng of animals, and marts are held regularly. It is, in addition, a popular tourist and fishermen’s resort and there is an influx of visitors during the holiday season. A fair propor- tion of residents have come to live here in rethement. Developmnt pf the town has been impaired by the smaUness of the imban district. BIRTHS. Tolal live bii*ths ; 2 females, one being illegitimate, giving a crude bir.h-rate of 2.6 per 1,000. The standardised birth-rate used for comparison with the birth-rate In other areas, and calculated with the aid of a- Comparabihty Factor provided by the Register General, was 2.9 per 1,000. The birth rate for England and Wales was 15.5 per 1,000. There were no still births and no deaths of infants under four weeks or one year of age. The still-birth rate for England and Wales was 0.35 per 1,000. DEATHS. Deaths dmdng the year were as follows ; 2 males and T females,—total 9, giving a crude death-rate of 11.7 per 1,000. The stand- ardised death-rate (Comparability Factor .81) v/as 9.4 per 1,000. The death-rate fpr England and Wales was 11.4 per 1,000. Average age at death : 65.5 years. Public Health Report for 1953 SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA VITAL STATISTICS Causes of death. Males. Females. Malignant growth, uterus .. Other malignant growths Vascular lesions of nervous system Heart disease Circulatory disease Pneumonia Ulcer of stomach and duodenum .. 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 Total .. 2 PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES 7 Is served (20 mile*