[Report 1929] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1929
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    OF THE GENERAL SANITARY CONDITIONS OF THE County of Monmouth FOR THE YEAR 1929. SCOPE OF THE REPORT. Under Article 14 (3) of' the Sanitary Officers Order 1926, and in accord- ance with Circular 939 (Wales) of thoMinisti’y of Health (Welsh Board of Health) the Annual Reports for 1929 become the fourth of the second series of “ Ordinary reports.” The “ Survey ” Reports which are of a full anjd dietailed character are prepared at intervals of not less than five years, as required by the Ministry of Health. The Annual Report for 1925 dealt with the matters required, in a detailed form, under the various headings, and was the “ Survey ” Report which completed the first series of Annual Reports. The report for the year 1930 will be the second of the series of “ Survey ” Reports. NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Area (acres) 345,048. Population (1921 Census) 368,436. Do. (Estimated 1929) 359,640 Number of structurally separate dwellings occupied (1921), 66,926. Number of private families (1921) 75,898. Rateable value, £1,815,835. Product of a penny rate, £6396 12s. 4d. SOCIAL CONDITIONS.—The County of Monmouth is partly industrial and partly agricultural. The Eastern, Western, Rhymney and Sirhowy Valleys are thickly populated coal mining districts, in which are also iron, steel and tin- plate works. There are also in some of these districts coal by-product plants. The remaining portions of the County are practically agricultural communities. In the industrial portion of the County there is still a good deal of unemploy- ment, due to the fact that some of the collieries have not been re-opened and others are working only part time. This also applies to other industrial concerns.