[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Brecon Borough.

  • Brecon (Wales). Borough Council. nb2006016531.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Brecon Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Report of the Medical Officer of Health 1956 Mr,Chairman and Gentlemen, I beg to submit my annual report on the sanitary conditions and the state of the public health in the borough of Brecon during the year 1956, In this report I have endeavoured to deal briefly with all matters within my responsibility regarding public health and preventive medicine and I have included comments on all subjects specifically requested in Circular 19/56(Wales) by the Welsh Board of Health, Section I,General and Vital Statistics. Area. 2868 acres,The Borough of Brecon,which has an area of 2868 acres, is a county town of a shire of it's own name,containing the County Offices of various government departments and a large military camp and Barracks,The town consists of the parishes of St.Johns’ and St.Marys’ on the north side of the river Usk,these parishes being divided by the Honddu stream;and of the parish known as St.Davids’ Within and also,more familiarly,as Llanfaes,which lies south of the river Usk and eastward of the confluence of the Tarrell stream with that river. The two parts of the town are connected by an ancient stone bridge over the Usk while to the south is the new National Park,the Brecknock Beacons and surrounding countryside. The town is agricultural in nature and faming is the predominant occupation in the surrounding countryside. Population. Census 1931 5332 Census 1951.. ..... 6466 Estimated mid summer 1956...........6190 The Registrar General’s estimates for the last ten years are shown belov 1947. 1948, 1948. 1950. 1951, 1952. 1953. 1954. 1955. 1956. 5515. 5627. 5658. 6562. 6593. 6671. 5933. 6150. 6180. 6190. The population Increased between the two last census years and since then there has been no significant change. Inhabited houses.The number of inhabited houses was 1697 giving an average per house of 3.6 persons. Live Births. Males. Females. Total. Rate per 1000 Pop. Legitimate 47 41 88 Illegitimate 1 1 2 48 42 90 14.5 The corresponding rate for the whole of England and Wales was 15.7, The district rate was therefore lower than the national average and also lower than the district deathrate. Illegitimacy.Two illegitimate births were registered during the year. Still Births. Males. Female s• Total• Rate per 1000 live&still birth 1. 0. 1. 9.9 The corresponding rate for the whole of England and Wales was 25.0. The district rate was therefore lower than the national average.