[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Llandrindod Wells U.D.C.

  • Llandrindod Wells (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Llandrindod Wells U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The holiday season of 1951 was moderate and the number of visitors to the town shewed a decrease on previous years. There was an increase in the number of Coach Tours entering the town of both those visiting for a single day and those remaining overnight. Foreign tourists were also noticeable and the efforts of certain hotels in this direction must prove eventually to be great benefit to the trade of the town. Housing conditions again shewed slight improvement and notv/ith- standing greatly increased costs it was noticeable that owner occupiers and owners were making every effort to maintain houses and flats in good habitable condition. TABLE 1. VITAL STATISTICS OP THE DISTRICT DURING 1951. Total Male Female Live Births (Legitimate 44 25 19 (Illegitimate 3 - 3 Still Births Nil Nil Nil 47 25 22 Birth Rate per 1000 of the Estimated Population:- Live Births • • • • • • ... 13-9 Still Births o • • • am ... Nil DEATHS. Total Male. Female No. of Deaths 42 23 19 The death rate per 1000 of the estimated resident population is:- 12 5 Death Rate 1 950 1949 1948 1947 - 10.31 - 13.38 - 11.5 - 1 2. 6 Deaths from Puerperal causes . . Nil Death rate from Puerperal causes . Nil Death rate of infants under one year of age:- Infant deaths under one year.. ...Nil All infants per 1000 live births Nil Legitimate infants per 1000 legitimate births Nil Illegitimate infants per 1000 illegitimate live births Nil Death from child birth Nil Death from malignant diseases 7 Deaths from measles 1 Death from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 1 There was no unusual excessive mortality during the year neither was there any sickness or invalidity of note.