Dr. S.W. Wheaton's report to the Local Government Board on the sanitary circumstances of the Bettws-y-Coed rural district, and on the prevalence of enteric fever and diphtheria in the district / [S.W. Wheaton].

  • Wheaton, S. W.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Dr. S.W. Wheaton's report to the Local Government Board on the sanitary circumstances of the Bettws-y-Coed rural district, and on the prevalence of enteric fever and diphtheria in the district / [S.W. Wheaton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OFFICIAL COPY. Dr. S. W. Wheaton’s Report to the Local Government Board on the Sanitary Circumstances of the Bettws-y-Coed Rural District, and on Prevalence of Enteric Fever and Diphtheria in the district. Richard T. Thorne, Medical Officer, July 2nd, 1898. From time to time the Board have received information of repeated outbreaks of infectious disease in the Bettws-y-Coed Rural District, which outbreaks did not appear to have been properly dealt with by the Bettws-y-Coed Rural District Council. Also complaints have been received by the Board as to the persistence of dangerous nuisances in the district, and of other sanitary shortcomings, indicating- inefficient administration of the Public Health Acts by the Rural District Council. Under these circum¬ stances, I was instructed to make an inspection of the district, to enquire into the prevalence of infectious illness therein, and into the administration of the Rural District Council. (a) General Sanitary Condition of the Bettws-y-Coed Rural District. The district under the control of the Bettws-y-Coed Rural District Council is in the County of Carnarvonshire. It has an area of 59,709 acres, and had, in 1891, a population of 5,598 persons. The greater part of the district is situated to the west of the river Conway. There are only two small parishes situate on the eastern bank of the Conway, and these are sparsely populated. The district embraces the valleys of the rivers Machno, Lledr, Llugwy, and Crafnant, and the western portion of the valley of the Conway, into which these rivers fall. These valleys are cultivated, the land being both arable and pasture, but the greater part of the district is composed of uncultivated and mountainous country, which contains several large Jakes and supports numerous flocks of sheep. The inhabitants are almost entirely resident in villages which are situated on the banks of one or other of the before-mentioned rivers. The principal villages are —Bettws-y-Coed, situated on the river Llugwy ; Capel Curig, situated higher up on the same river ; Trefriw, situated on the Crafnant river ; Penmachno and Cwm Penmachno, situated on the river Machno ; and Dolwyddelan, on the river Lledr. The populations of these parishes in 1891 were as follows :—Bettws-y- Coed, 740; Capel Curig (Ecclesiastical parish), 447 ; Trefriw, 628 ; Penmachno, including Cwm Penmachno, 1,574 ; Dolwyddelan, 1,010 persons. The inhabi¬ tants of the district are chiefly engaged in agriculture and slate quarrying. The inhabitants of Bettws-y-Coed, Trefriw, and Capel Curig, places which are in the midst of some of the most romantic scenerv in Wales, are also LONDON: PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE, By DARLING & SON, Ltd., 1-3, Great St. Thomas Apostle, E.C. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE, East Harding Street, Fleet Street, E.C., and 32, Abingdon Street, Westminster, S.W.; or JOHN MENZIES & Co., 12, Hanover Street, Edinburgh, andT^^^WV'rvlCfr®' 90, West Nile Street, Glasgow; or 1 ^.flrihov HODGES, FIGGIS. & Co., Limited, 101, Grafton Street, Dublin. ^jtBKAKY No. 129. 1898. Price 2d. f GeuefSil Collections f +P 16592—375—1 98 VVt 1561 DAS 19