[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council.

  • Radnorshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1930
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Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AREA AND POPULATION etc. The area of the Administrative County is 301, 165 acres (Urban Districts 8, 167 acres, and Rural Districts 292, 998 acres. The census population of the county in June 1921 was 23.517; the estimated population by the Registrar General for 1930, is 21,570 (Urban 5,730, Rural 15,84O'). The population of the three Urban Districts is estimated as follows: Knighton 1,733/ Llandrindod Wells 2,914 ; Presteigne 1,083 and of the 5 Rural Districts : Colwyn 2.055 ; Knighton 4,068 ; New Radnor 2,500 ; Painscastle 2,280 ; Rhayader 4,937. The figures are the same as for 1929. Full particulars in regard to the census population of the different districts is given on pages 6—8, Annual Report 1923, and pages 5—6 Annual Report for 1925 The loss by migration in the rural districts during the period 1911—21 inclusive amounted to 12 per cent of the popu- lation. The number of families or separate occupiers according to the census 1921 was 4,913. Area Rateable Value Product of a *No. of inhabited penny rate Houses 1925 1930 1925 1930 1930 Radnorshire 265,863 143,946 869 576 5,291 URBAN DIS TRICTS : Knighton 8,493 8,968 30 £37-12-8 477 Llandrindod Wells 30,414 8,091 120 £111-0-0 621 Knighton 4,066 3,645 16 £14-9-4 323 RURAL DISTRICTS : Colwyn 16,699 6,049 51 £23-15-0 461 Knighton 47,533 14,570 103 £56-18-11 946 New Radnor 19,520 7,492 82 £28-10-0 628 Painscastle 27,620 8,693 59 £34-0-0 522 Rhayader 90,600 66.449 375 £27f-10-8 1,313 * According to Rate Books at end of 1930.