[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Lampeter Borough.

  • Lampeter (Wales). Borough Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Lampeter Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tour Worship the Mayor, Aldermen and Members of the Lampeter Borough Council. PREFACE It gives me pleasure to present to you the Annual Report of the Health Department for the year which ended on December 31st, 1954# An examination of the ensuing pages will show that the health of the inhabitants of the Borough continues to give cause for satisfaction. Although afflicted with minor illnesses, in common with other parts of the country, the Borough has not been subjected to any outbreak of serious infectious disease. On the contrary, it ha4 been remarkably free from even the minor infections, for only two cases of whooping cough were notified during the entire twelve months. The number of registered births ftas twenty four - five more than in 1953* As in 1953* there was no stillbirth and no illegitimate birth. No child died under the age of a twelvemonth nor did any mother die as a result of childbirth. The number of registered deaths exceeded by ten the number of registered births# This is, in large measure, due to the proportion of elderly people living in the Borough. The principal causes of death were diseases of the heart and vascular lesions of the nervous system (strokes) each of which accounted for twelve deaths, Pour new cases of tuberculosis were discovered during -the year* all of which wore of the pulmonary type. Towards the end of the year, evidence was given at the public