[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Monmouthshire County Council.

Monmouthshire (Wales). County Council.

Date:: 1941

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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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-1- REVIEW of the GENERAL SANITARY CONDITIONS of the COUNTY OP MONMOUTH. For tile Year ended December 31st, 1941. SCOPE OP THE REPORT. Under Article 16 (5) of the Sanitary Officers’ (Outside London) Regulations, 1935, and in accordance with Circulars 1961 (Wales) and 2067 (Wales of the Ministry of Health (Welsh Board of Health).), the Annual Report for the year 1941 has been materially shortened, many items being omitted entirely. Generally, it has been restricted to Vital Statistics and brief commonts on vital matters* * The progress of many schemos which were in various stages of preparation has necessarily been soriously interfered with as a result of the outbreak of war. ALTERATIONS TO BOUNDARIES. Tho boundaries of the Administrative County remained unaltered throughout the year. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OP THE AREA. Area (in acre3 ►* 340,110) Population (1931) Census, 345,755 do. Estimated 1941 - 329020 do. Estimated1941 (for use with records • of births) .... 329,020 do. do. (for use with records of Infoctious diseases and deaths 329,020 Rateable valuo .... .... £1,136,956 Sum roprosentod by a penny rate £4,360 SOCIAL CONDITIONS. Tho County of Monmouth is partly industrial and partly agricultural. Tho Rhymnoy, Sirhowy, Western and Eastern Valloys aro thickly populated coal mining districts, in which are also Iron, Stool and Tinplate works. In addition thoro aro coal by- products plants in some of these districts. Tho Eastern and Southern portions of tho County aro practically agricultural communities. Unemployment has considerably diminished, but in other directions tho war has soriously Interfered with the general social amonities of the County.