[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Neyland U.D.C.

Neyland (Wales). Urban District Council.

Date:: 1938

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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Neyland U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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NEYdaND, Pembrokeshire. To the Chairman and Members of the Neyland Urban District Council. Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit my annual report for the year 193&* This will be my last report as your Medical Officer of Health and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your co-operation in the past, and for your endeavours to retain my services. Your district covers an area of 640 acres and has an estimated population for mid 195& °f 2,085 (Registrar-General's figures). The number of inhabited houses at the end of 1958 was 567, and the rateable value £5764. The sum represented by a levy of a rate of Id. is estimated at £21. Vital Statistics (Legitimate hiVE LIRTHS ( (Illegitimate (Legitimate Still Births( (Illegitimate DEATHS Male Female 16 17 3 1 BIRTH RaIE PER 1,000 OF ESTIMATED POPULATION = RaTE PER L,000 (Live and Still) BIRTHS Total 33 3 1 22 15.83 16.30 DEaTH Rate PER 1,000 OF ESTIMATED RESIDENT POPULATION = 10.55 No deaths from puerperal causes have occurred during the year. DEaTH RaTE OF INFaNTS UNDER ONE year OF aGE:- ala INFaNTS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS.. . . 9O.9O LEGITIMATE INFaNTS PER 1,000 LEGITIMATE LIVE BIRTHS .. .. 66.66 IxjJjEGITIMaTa INlaNTS PER 1,000 ILLEGITIMATE uIVE aj-RTHS . . 33'52 DEATHS FROM CaNCER (all ages) . . . . 2 jjbaTbs FROM mE-nanES (all ages) . . . NIL DEATHS rROM WHOOPING COUGH (all ages).. .. .. NIL DEATHS FROM DIaRRHOEA (under 2 years of age) .. NIL. The only special illnesses during the year were a few cases of Diphtheria in the spring. These appeared to originate outside the District. None was fatal. There were also a few cases of Influenza of a mild character.