[Report 1926] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1926
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    REVI EW OF THE GENERAL SANITARY CONDITIONS OF THE County of Monmouth FOR THE YEAR 1926. SCOPE OF THE REPORT. Undeir Article 14 (3) of the Sanitary Officers Order 1926, and in accord- ance with Circular 743 (Wales) of the Ministiy of Health (Welsh Board of Health) tire Annual Reports for 1926 become the first of the second series of “ Ordinary ” Reports. Reports of a full and detailed character known as “ Survey ” Reports are required by the Ministry of Health at intervals of not less than five years. The Annual Report for 1925, being the “ Survey ” Repoafi which completed the first series of Annual Reports, was a comprehensive and detailed review, and dealt with all the vital matters required undei’ the various headings. NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Area (acres) 345,048. Population (1921 Census) 358,436. Do. (Estimated 1926) 372,410. Number of structurally separate dwellings occupied (1921), 66,925. Number of private families (1921) 75,898. Rateable value, ;^1,655,815. Sum represented by a penny rate, ;!^6,899 4s. 7d. SOCIAL CONDITIONS.—The County of Monmouth is partly industrial and partly agricultural. The Rhymney, Sirhowy, M^estern and Eastern Valleys are thickly populated coal mining districts, in Avhicli are also iron, steel, and tin- plate works. The Eastern and Soutliern portions of the County are practically agricultural communities. The industrial conditions in the W^estern coal areas during recent years have ne<-essitated the granting of a considerable amount of Poor Law Relief, particularly