[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Hay R.D.C.
- Hay (Wales). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1948
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Hay R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Report of the Medical Officer of Hoalth 194^ M'*'. Chairman, and Gentlemen, I beg to present my annual report on the sanitary conditions and tbe state of the public hoalth in the Hay Rural District during tlio year ].9'i8j In propararlon of this report I have endeavoured to deal briefly v;ith all mattoro within my responsib- ility regarding public hoalth and preventive mocllcinc and I have included all the subjects specifically requested by tho 7/olsh Board of Health in Circular 3/49 (Wales) . ... The year under rcviovi; witnessed tho coming_into operation of various extremely important Acts,such as the National Hoalth Service Act,1946, and tho National Assistance Act 1948, Those Acts have produced great changes in the work of public hoalth administration and have revolutionised tho medical and hospital services throughout the country.The Local Health Authority under theso Acts,is,in Broconshiro,tho County Council. SECTION 1. GENERAL AND VITAL STATISTICS. Statistical Summary for tho year 1948, Area * * ,39,153 acres , Population (Census 1931) .............4028, Population (Estimated at Midsummer 1948) ......3654, Number cf inhabited houses,. .869, Live Births, Males. Femalos, Total. Rato per 1000 Pop, Legitimate, 32* 26. '53 Illegitimate. 0, • 1. 1 ' 32. 27, 59. 16,1 Still Births. 0. ••2, 2, 0,6 Deaths from all causes 14. 14. 23. 7,6 Maternal Deaths ...Nil, Deaths under one year. All infants , ,..4, Rate per 1000 live births ,67, Legitimate infants,, 4, Dqat.hs from special causes; Infectious disease Nil, Tuberculosis of respiratory system 1'. Other tuberculous disease,,,,. Nil. Cancer,. ,, .7 . AREA. The Rural District of Hay,which has an'area of 39,153 acres forms,part of tho County of Breconshire.The district_is^situated in the northern part of the County and is agricultural in nature with farming as the predominant occupation of the residents. There are no large towns in tho district, POPULATION. Census 1931 4028. 1939. 1940. 1941. 1948. 1943, 1944. 1945. 1946 , 1947 . 194g_^ 3486. 4167. 4393. 4019. 3B3S*. 3535\ 3390. 3269. 3327, 3654. Tho above figures arc the Registrar General’s estimated figures for the various years and apply onl^'’ to the civilian population. It would appear that the population roa.chod a mazimum in 1941, and has been declining over since until 1947,since when there has been an increase.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28846771_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
