[Report 1939-1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Cowbridge Borough.

  • Cowbridge (Wales). Borough Council.
Date:
1940
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    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE I4EDICAL O'L'FICm OF HEALTH. 1939-40. September 1940. To: The CLa.i-rman sod. of the Public P'ealtb Comini11oe ol-bbUiri^rTowBricf^ Ladies and Gontle.rr..on^ I have the honour to submit for your consideration my Annual Report for the year 1959 which I have drawn up on the lines indicated in Circular 1961 (Wales) of the Welsh Board of Health. ^ The most important Legislation which became Operative during, the year was the Food and Drugs Act 1938, The Puerperal Pyrexia Regulations 1939 and The Measles and looping Cough Regulations 1939. SECTION A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Area in acres 84. Estimated Population (Registrar General) 1,036. oi i:iaabit6ci houGos according to tiiG iia L G i3ocj‘'^v t -y OQO sum repi.c^uLcC ■ - Rate a b ]. o V a j.u e Py a Fenny Rato 'f District .. ...£20.3. ...£4884. . , .-.'Orough i‘ CewL^ridge is a small Market Town surroundea. oy a i.arge agricultural area. As there are no industries situatec. within one District, most of the me^ obtain emplo,>mon... outside the District,. During the yea^ under review employment has been ava.ilatle at the R, A. F. Station Rural^D?str?ct Tlandow (both in the Area of Cowbridge ?? Council), and at the Arsenal in course of erection at Waterton (in Penybont Rural Area). Extracts from vital statistics of the ye/\r. The following statistics furnished by the Registrar General relate to the net births and deaths within the Borough, after correction for inward and outv/ard transfers:-