[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Twrcelyn R.D.C.

  • Twrcelyn (Wales). Rural District Council.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Twrcelyn R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To tlie Chairman and Members of the Health Committee, Tv^rcelyn Jiural District Council. Mr. Chairman, Lady and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you the Annual *^eport upon the h alth of your Sanitary Listrict for the year 1S^67* In 1955 the raid year population of this sanitary District was 3,500. From that year o-wards, and including 19^3, there was an annual progressive fall of the order of from 30 to 50 persons to reach the minimal figure of 7,950 in 1963* From then onwards there had been an apparent annual appreciable increase to reach the present figure of 9,510. These later figures are obviously grossly distorted, a distortion due to a major constructional project that has been going on for the last four years. The respective fi ;res of recent years have oeen as follaurs:- 1963 ~ 7,950 1964 - 3,620 1965 - 9,240 1966 - 9,430 1967 - 9,5^0 from v/hich it will be seen that t.^ere was an increase (obviously artificial) of 670 persons 3.11 I963 and of 210 during 1965* It i s trierefore probleraatic as to whether the inherent loermanent population, in itself, has continued to decline or ha,s even increased^ Furthermore, thi^' influx of labour force workers in rc'cent years, being of the youiig a;.;e group have not only been varying ti'e figures iu themselves, bu.t directly and indirectly falsifying both the birth rates and also the death rates of the permanent population. .xn appreciable number of families have already left the District of late. However, with the -anticipated commissioning in possibly late I969, matters v/ill then taeco.me more regularised with that project resolving into permanent staffin,,, thereby giving tie Council a.n accurate figure for their planning, relative to ba itary District and Housing Authority needs for the future, commensurate with the avail.ability at the time of Governmental Grants. The Birth Rato from 1955 to 1959 was falling, follov^fed by a slight tendancy tov;ards an increase from I90O (17«3) to I963 (l8.b7) then followed an ap reciable increase to 21-7 by m.id-1966. It is entirely a matter of conjecture as to what proportion of the present birth rexte droio to 15»7 is attributable to the exodus of you'-igfa ily groups to other projects elsewhere. The current rates for Anglesey and for England and Wales are respectively 20.3 and 17.2. The total L^ateable Value has increased from =3139,603 to 0201,110 with a Penny Rate productivity increasing from -2723 t^ £790; the total number of dwelling houses being now estimated at ^i-,8l3 and of farm houses at 696. The nrmber of all other pre-iises (including business preiiiises) have increased froin the former 809 to the present 943- Fortunately t iOre were again only two cases of lung tubt3rcu].osis notified and even of th='s;e one was a man from -jcotland resident at the Wylfa Ga . and the otter a women who had originally contracted the disease in Leicester hire. It is plea.sing to note that the Water ..utho'^ity extended mains water