[Report 1936] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Monmouthshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2 STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Area (in acres), 342,249. Population (1931) Census, Do. Estimated 1936, 319,940. Rateable value, £1,122,945. Sum represented by a penny rate, £4,042. 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 works. Iri addition there are coal by-product plants in some of these districts. The Eastern and Southern portions of the County are practically agricultural communities. The Social conditions generally remain much the same. Extensive unem- ployment still exists in the industrial parts of the County. Reference to the influence of a particular occupation on Public Health is given in the Report of the County Pathologist under the heading Laboratory Facilities. The Collieries and Works have well organised medical arrangements. The District Hospitals and the Royal Gwent Hospital at Newport are well patronised by residents of the County, but do not meet the full needs of general hospital facilities. VITAL STATISTICS. The Vital Statistics for England and Wales for the year 1936, compiled by the Registrar-General, are as in the subjoined table. The Monmouthshire figures are given for the purpose of comparison.
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