[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Llandrindod Wells U.D.C.

  • Llandrindod Wells (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Llandrindod Wells U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL RrPORT OF IflE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR 1937o SECTION A. Statistics and social Conditions of the Area. Area of District in Acres...o.....................1509 acres Registrar General’s estimate of the Resident Population mid 19570 »<■»■> 2615 persons No. of inhahited houses at the end of the year..,0,765 Rateable Value^ 31st December^ 1937«,£23^850 Estimated product of penny rate,,.,00,,,,,,,.,.,,,£92 NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. The Urban District is a Township situated in the centre of a purely agricultural district^ being 40 to 60 miles av/ay from any large cities or.manufacturing districts^ and is situated on a plateau on the mountain ranges of Mid-Fales at a height of 720 feet above sea level and looks Y/est to noi'th-west^ in uhich direction it is sheltered by the Plynlimon Mountains and the Mountains to the South. Its sheltered position on a hillside ^ith clay soils^ makes its dimate healthy^ bracing and congenial, OCCUPATIONS,—The Spa is a health and holiday resort vvith a small residential population^ the only occupation of the inhabit- ants being the keeping of boarding xiouses and the necessary social services. The natural medicinal waters vith the Spa Establishments are available throughout the year^ but the chief season extends from May to October. During this period of 1937^ the Town received a fair numiber of visitors ^ho came either for treatments^ to take the waters^ or for a quiet and restful holiday^ for which the Tovm is noted. The amount of unemployment is variable and thi'oughput the year there was a, great deal of work on roads and Post Office Engineering constructions. As stated in previous reports^ many seasonal workers^ the majority being m^omen and girls^ are engaged from outside the district^ chiefly from the mining areas of South Vitales. Although there is no noticeable distress in the district due to unemployment of the labouring classes^ it is noticeable that those residents controlling small boarding houses and those shop-keepers who do a large credit trade are finding it more difficult each year financially and it is regrettable that no industries can be started in or near the Tovm^ A’.'herby the income of the Town can be increased.