[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Dolgellau / Dolgelley U.D.C.

  • Dolgellau (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Dolgellau / Dolgelley U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE DOLGELLEY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Mr. Chairman, Mrs. Bees, and Gentlemen,— I beg- to submit my report upon the sanitary conditions of your District during the year 1938. The Urban District .of D o 1 g el ley has an area, of 1,127 acreas. The Registrar General’s estimate of the resident population at mid 1938 was 2,4(11. The number of inhabited houses (end of 1938) according to the Bate Rooks was 005. The rateable value at the same date was £9,137, and the sum represented by a penny rate was £35 2s. 3d. The inhabitants are for the most part engaged in the ordin- ary occupations of an agricultural market town. The sur- rounding country is mountainous. The town lies at the bottom of a dee]) valley, rising on the steep southern slope of tlie valley, having therefore an aspect to the North. Im- mediately to the South, Cader Idris rises to a height of nearly 3,000 feet. Through the main falley the river Wnion runs, and this is joined by a smaller stream, called the Arran, which comes down from Oader Idris through the town with a rapid descent. VITAL STATISTICS. Total. Male. Female. or. i i o Live Births 35 17 18 Legitimate 33 15 18 Illegitimate 2 9, • • • 0 Still Births i !.. 0 1 Legitimate i 0 1 Illegitimate 0 0 0 BIRTH RATE PER 1,000 OF Live Births. POPULATION. Total • •• • • • ••• 14.22 Legitimate Infants ... ... ... ... 13.41 Illegitimate Infants ••• ••• ••• Still Births. ••• ••• ••• 0.81 Total ••• ••• ••• 0.40 Rate per 1,000 (live and still births) Deaths. 27.77 Total. Male. Female Deaths 27 10 17 Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population ... 10.97. There were no deaths in the area during the past year from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and child birth, including sepsis and other causes.