[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council.

  • Radnorshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There is a joint Iso .ion Hospital for the Urban and Rural Districts of Knighton. SANITARY INSPECTIONS. Forty inspections of Houses were made by the Sanitary Inspector hi connection with Infectious Diseases and also 80 other inspections ; he reported 25 nuisances chiefly relating to dampness of houses. Twelve notices to abate nuisances were served, all of which were complied with. J NEW RADNOR RURAL DISTRICT. Medical Officer of Health : R. HARDING, J.R.C.P., L.M., L.R.F.P.S. PHYSIC Iti ii/A i / TAA AkVA A, ID SOCIAL The physical features of this Area, often previously described, are constant ; the District is comprised of 15 parishes, most of it mountainous; 4 of these contain fewer than 100 inhabitants, 5 between 100 and 200, and only 2 have over 300 inhabitant It is 81 square miles in extent, with about 2600 inhabit, s occuping 613 houses, thus showing a distribution of population of 32 persons and 6.5 houses per square mile. The. epic industry is Agriculture with no remote probability ny other industry replacing it. HOUSING. The year appears to have been eventful, except, perhaps, in housing matters. The Commissioners at fust asked that a Scheme for 4 new dwelling houses should be carried out by the Council but when the whole facts of the position were placed before them and the Medical Officer of Health personally discussed the. position with the Commissioners’ representative, the suggestion was withdrawn and no further action was taken. Two dwellings were found to be in such a poor structural condition that the owner has been notified that, unless within 3 months he puts these in a reasonable state of habitation, a closing order will be made. Beyond this, nothing appears to call for comment.
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