[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Carmarthenshire County Council.

  • Carmarthenshire (Wales). County Council. no2003000265.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Carmarthenshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY. Area: 588,472 acres. Population—Census 1931: 179,100. Estimated by Registrar General for 1949: 170,800. Product of a penny rate for general purposes: £2,150. Rateable value for general purposes: £555,573. 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, and the remainder (the eastern part of the County) is industrial, the chief industries being Coal Mining, Tinplate, Steel. Rather more than one-half of the population is concentrated in the industrial area. BIRTHS AND DEATHS. Live Births: Male. Female. Total. Legitimate 1278 1227 2505 Illegitimate 47 51 98 Total ... 1325 1278 2603 - Birth rate per 1,000 of estimated population: 15.24. The following table shews the number of live births registered and the birth rates during the past five years:— Urban. Rural. Admin. County. England & \\ ales - Year. No. Reg. Rate. No. Reg. Rate. No. Reg. Rate. Rate 1945 992 14.7 1605 16.8 ... 2597' 15.9 ... 16.1 1946 1145 16.7 1615 16.8 ... 2760 16.7 ... 19.1 1947 1276 18.55 1684 17.47 ... 2960 17.93 ... 20.5 1948 1107 15.42 1626 16.52 ... 2733 16.06 ... 17.9 1949 1026 14.47 ... 1577 15.79 ... 2603 15.24 ... 16.7 Stillbirths. Male. 35 Female. 32 Total. 67 Rate per 1,000 (Live and Still) Births: 25.09.
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