[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    E E V I 2 ¥ of the GENERAL SABITARY CONDITIONS 5' . of the • C__0 JJ N T y‘ 0 F M 0 N M 0 NTH. For .the Ycor ended December ylst, 1944. SCOPE OF THE REPORT. Under Article 6 (3) of the Sanitary Officers’ (Outside London) .Regulations, 1935;? and in accordance with Circular 49/45 (Wales) of the Ministry of Health ('Welsh Board of Health), the Annual Report for the year 1944 has been prepared on the lines of those for the war 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 reou.lt of the outbreak of war (1939 •- 49). ALTERATIONS TO BOUNDARIES. The boundaries of the Administrative County remained unaltered throughout the year. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Area (in acres) - 34Q,110 Population (1931);Census, 349,735 -do- Estimated 1944 - 310,330 Rateable value at 1st. April, 1944 - £1,202,497 Sum represented by a penny rate - £4,504 3OCIAL CONDITIONS. . The County of Monmouth is partly industrial and partly agricultural. The' Rhymney, Sirhowy, Western and Eastern Valleys thiekly populated coal mining districts, in which are also Iron, Steel and Tinplate works. 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 1944 compiled by the Registrar .-General are as in the subjoined table. The Monmouthshire figures are given for the- purpose of comparison.