[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1945
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    REVIEW OF THE GENERAL SANITARY CONDITIONS OF THE County of Monmouth, For the Year ended December 31st, 1945. SCOPE OF THE REPORT. Uuder Article 6 (3) of the Sanitary Officers’ (Outside Loudon) Reg'ulations, 1935, and in accordance with Circular 28/46 CVYales) of the Ministry of Health (Welsh Board of Health), the Annual Report for the year 1945 has been prepared on the lines of those for the years preceding. Generally, it has been restricted to Vital Statistics and brief comments on vital matters. The progress of many schemes which were in various stages of preparation has necessarily been seriously interfered with as a result of the war (1939-45). ALTERATIONS TO BOUNDARIES. The boundaries of the Administrative County remained unaltered throughout the year. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Area (in acres) 340,110. Population (1931) Census, 345,755. do. Estimated 1945, 305,710. Rateable value at 1st April, 1945, £1,209,345. Sum represented bj* a penny rate, £4,444. SOCIAL CONDITIONS.- The County of Monmouth is partly industrial and partly agricultural. The Rhymney, Sirhowy, Western and Eastern Valleys are thickly populated Coal Mining districts, in which are also Iron, Steel and Tinplate V orks. In addition, there are coal by-products plants in some of these districts. The Eastern and Southern portions of the County are practically agricultural communities. VITAL STATISTICS. The Vital Statistics for England and Wales for the year 1945, compiled by the Registrar-General are as in the subjoined table. The Monmouthshire figures are given for the purpose of comparison: —