[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Carmarthenshire County Council.

  • Carmarthenshire (Wales). County Council. no2003000265.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Carmarthenshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STATISTICS Area : 588,472 acres. Population—Census 1951 : 171,742. Estimated by Registrar General for 1958 : 169,300. Product of a penny rate for general purposes : £5,370. Rateable Value for general purposes : £1,380,880. In superficial area (588,472 acres) the County of Carmarthen is the largest of the Welsh Counties. Its length from the upper waters of the River Towy to the Pembrokeshire border is 50 miles. Its breadth from the River Teify on the Cardiganshire border to the River Loughor is 35 miles. Something like three-quarters of the area is agricultural, the chief industries apart from agriculture, being Forestry, Stone Quarry- ing and Milk Processing. The remainder of the County (the south eastern part) is industrial, the chief industries being Coal Mining, Iron and Steel Rolling, Tinplate and Hollow Ware. During the years since the last war, miscellaneous light industries have been introduced, the chief amongst them being Light Precision Engineering and Chemical Manufacture. Live Births : Male Female Total Legitimate .. 1155 . . 1172 . . 2327 Illegitimate 26 . 41 . 67 Totals .. 1181 . . 1213 . . 2394 Rate per 1,000 of estimated population : 14.14. The following table shews the number of live births registered and the birth rates during the past five years :— Urban Rural Admin. County England and Wales Year No. Reg. Rate. No. Reg. Rate. No. Reg. Rate. Rate. 1954 .. 902 12.99 .. 1394 13.71 .. 2296 13.42 15.2 1955 .. 871 12.68 .. 1402 13.73 .. 2273 13.31 15,0 1956 .. 889 13.01 .. 1393 13.65 .. 2282 13.39 15.7 1957 .. 868 12.67 .. 1481 14.55 .. 2349 13.79 .. 16.1 1958 .. 889 13.07 .. 1505 14.86 .. 2394 14.14 16.4 Stillbirths Male Female Total 30 .. 20 . . 50 Rate per 1,000 (Live and Still) Births : 20.46. Total Live and Still Births : 2,444. c
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