HC Deb 17 February 1948 vol 447 cc216-7W
Mr. O. Poole

asked the Minister of Health if he will make available to Parliament a statement showing the number of persons per mile of road in each county of England and Wales.

Mr. Bevan

The figures are as follow:

Administrative Counties Population per mile of road.
ENGLAND:
Bedford … 293
Berks … 168
Buckingham … 202
Cambridge … 186
Chester … 275
Cornwall … 74
Cumberland … 84
Derby … 243
Devon … 64
Dorset … 129
Durham … 375
Ely, Isle of … 135
Essex … 370
Gloucester … 130
Hereford … 63
Hertford … 315
Huntingdon … 104
Kent … 290
Lancaster … 407
Leicester … 168
Lincoln—
Parts of Holland … 83
Parts of Kesteven … 73
Parts of Lindsey … 95
London … 1,423
Middlesex … 1,169
Norfolk … 71
Northampton … 129
Northumberland … 132
Nottingham … 284
Oxford … 92
Peterborough, Soke of … 274
Rutland … 57
Salop … 76
Somerset … 97
Southampton … 151
Stafford … 266
Suffolk, East … 100
Suffolk, West … 88
Surrey … 517
Sussex, East … 191
Sussex, West … 214
Warwick … 213
Westmorland … 56
Wight, Isle of … 214
Wilts … 113
Worcester … 177
Yorks—
East Riding … 87
North Riding … 100
West Riding … 274
WALES:
Anglesey … 69
Brecknock … 43
Caernarvon … 100
Cardigan … 35
Carmarthen … 76
Denbigh … 86
Flint … 175
Glamorgan … 371
Merioneth … 40
Monmouth … 192
Montgomery … 29
Pembroke … 54
Radnor … 19