Dr. F. St. George Mivart's report to the Local Government Board on the general sanitary circumstances and administration of the Borough, and the Rural District, of Bridgnorth.

  • Mivart, F. St. George.
Date:
1910
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Credit: Dr. F. St. George Mivart's report to the Local Government Board on the general sanitary circumstances and administration of the Borough, and the Rural District, of Bridgnorth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Conway Rural District. The Conway rural district, with an area of 26,135 acres, had, at the Census of 1901 a population of 6,364, which is estimated to have increased to 8,505 in the middle of 1909. The number of inhabited houses is 1,590. The only portion of the rural district with which this report is concerned is the parish of Llangwstenin, which bounds the Conway urban district on the east. The population of this parish was 1,406 at the Census of 1901; it includes the eastern half of the group of houses around Llandudno Junction, and it has no other considerable aggregation of dwellings. The Water Supply of the parish of Llangwstenin is derived from Cowl yd, which has already been described under Conway urban district. House Refuse in Llangwstenin is removed once a week by persons who contract with the Conway rural district council. Excrement Disposal in the parish is effected in the main by waterclosets. There are, however, about 150 pail closets and a few privy middens. Sewers, and Disposal of Sewage.—The whole parish with the exception of some low-lying parts is sewered. The sewers are glazed and socketed stoneware pipes, jointed with cement; they discharge their contents in a crude state into the River Conway. Hospital and Disinfector.—The Conway rural district council possess neither an isolation hospital nor a disinfector. A site has, however, lately been selected for an isolation hospital to be erected in conjunction with Conway urban district. History of Enteric Fever in the Three Districts during the Ten Years Preceding 1909. The following table shows, year by year, the number of notifi- cations of enteric fever, and the number of deaths referred to this disease during the period 1899-1908 for each of the three districts, together with the mean annual death-rate per 10,000 inhabitants in each district from enteric fever. Table I. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. anual rate DO for eriod 8. | Cases. | Deaths, | Cases. 1 Deaths. or’ © c3 o 1 Deaths. | Cases. 1 Deaths. | © or. c3 O Deaths. ] Oases. | Deaths. | 8 X c3 O Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | o£ © CO O 1 Deaths. Mean ai death per 10,01 the p 1899-190: Llandudno urban district. 6 1 5 1 6 1 7 2 4 - 4 - 4 1 2 1 1 - 1 - 0’70 Conway urban district. 2 ~ - 1 - 1 - 1 - - - 1 - 5 1 - - 3 - “ - 0’19 Conway rural district 2 1 9 1 7 1 2 2 1 1 8 1 0*59 During the period covered by the above table the mean annual death-rate per 10,000 from enteric fever in England and Wales was 1*16. It is evident therefore that all three districts have