[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Kidwelly Borough.

  • Kidwelly (Wales). Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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    m ANMTJAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENI^P DECBMBEH 51 sf-. 1947 TO THHl KIDWELLY TOWN COUNQIL . Gentlemen, I beg to submit my Annual Renort for the year ended. December, 31st, 1947, SECTION A - STATISTICS AND SOCIAL COHDITIONS _0__P _THE BO^UGH . 1, (a) Your district covers an area of 2844 acres, (b) Population . 2891 (c ) Number of inhabited houses (end of 1947) 826 Number of families or separate occupiers 332 (d) Rateable Value (Reduced) £3243 (e ) SUlTI represented by a Penny Rate on R,R,V, .£30 (f) Unemployment. The average number of unemployment for the year was 230 weekly, out of an insurable population of 1200 v/hich is equivalent to 19,15/b. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS 07 THE YEAR . Tpta;^. M., P. (g) Live (Legitimate 59 35, 24. Birth rate perlOOO Births (Illegitimate of the estimated population 20,41, (h) Still Birth (Legitimate (Illegitimate NIL (1) Deaths 44 27. 17, Death rate per lOOO of the estimated resident population 15.22, (3) Deaths from puerperal causes:- Deaths• Puerperal sepsis NIL. Other puerperal causes ■ ' NIL. Total NIL, (k) Death Rate of Infants under 1 year of age: - 2 All infants per 1,000 live births 33,89 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 33,89 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births NIL (l) Cancer (all ages) - 2 (m) Deaths from measles (all ages) - NIL (n) Deaths from f/hooping Cough (all ages) - NIL,. (o) Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of ageO - NIL SECTION B - GENERAL PROVISION OP HEALTH SERVICES. 1, (i ) Medical Officer of Health, D. BEY-NON DAVIES, M.B., Ch.B, 1.