[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council.

  • Radnorshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1933
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Credit: [Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Radnorshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The number of houses overcrowded at the time of the census in 1921 was, according to this method of calculation, 165 (urban districts 33, rural 132); there has thus been a reduction in 1931 of 38 houses overcrowded (urban 9, rural 29). The majority of the overcrowding occurred in houses with 4 rooms or less ; these houses only contain two bedrooms, and there would appear to be a demand for more houses with 3 or more bedrooms. There are a number of insanitary and overcrowded dwel- ings in each district, and more active measures ore necessary to remedy defects. In the rural districts, with the exception of Rhayader, very few houses have been erected in recent years. WATER SUPPLIES. Particulars in regard to districts have been given on pages 44 and 45, Annual Report for 1932, on page 50, Annual Report for 1930, and in previous Reports. On account of the drought during 1933, attention was directed to adequacy and quality of water supplies in connection with some of the parishes, and schools in the county. Circular 1338, of the Ministry of Health, dated 12th May, suggested that “County Councils might well take an active part with the Rural District Councils in initiating and carrying out surveys and in setting up in suitable cases joint advisory com- mittees” ; it is also suggested that “County Councils might advise Rural District Councils as to the best measures for protecting sources from pollution. The importance of early steps to safeguard supplies from pollution is often overlooked.” Atten- tion is also directed to the powers conferred on County Councils to contribute towards the cost of parochiaal schemes under Sec. 57 of the Local Government Act, 1929. On account of the large acreage in the County to the population, a large number of houses in the rural districts have separate water supplies, but there are villages in which the supply is unsatisfactory, in regard to adequacy or quality, or both ; particulars of action taken by Rural District Councils, will be given in the next Annual Report. SEWAGE DISPOSAL, POLLUTION OF RIVERS. Rhayader Rural District.—Analyses of samples of sewage effluents show that improvement is needed in the quality of the effluents at Rhayader (apart from Cwmdauddwr Parish, where there is filtration, etc.) which pass into the River Wye. Reference is made to Pollution, on page 51, Annual Report for 1930.