[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Lampeter Borough.

  • Lampeter (Wales). Borough Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Lampeter Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    H ■ Your Worship the Mayor, Aldermen and Members of the Lampeter Borough Council. PKEFACF, It gives me pleasure to present the Annual Report of the Health Department for the year ended December 31st, 1959* The number of registered live births was twenty eight - an increase of six on the figure for 1958. There was one stillbirth and one infant died under the age of four weeks. No mother died as the result of childbirth. The number of registered deaths was fourty three. This makes the death rate per 1,000 population in the Borough almost twice the national figure. The reason for this is that there is a large number of elderly people resident in the area. Nine persons died of cancer, twelve of heart disease, four from vascular lesions of the nervous system (stroke) and six from other circulatory diseases. The remaining deaths were due to a variety of causes. In the field of infectious diseases there were two cases of measles notified, four cases of whooping cough and one case of meningococcal meningitis. There were three new cases of tuberculosis during the year, but there were no deaths from this disease. Progress has been made with the sewage disposal scheme commenced in April 1958. This is a great step forward in the safeguard of the health of the general public which is our trust. The Council is also to be commended on its housing policy, as work was commenced on the building of twenty houses and six bungalows on a very pleasant site