[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Wilmslow U.D.C.

  • Wilmslow (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Wilmslow U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE WILMSLOW URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Report of the Medical Officer of Health FOR THE YEAR 1919. NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE DISTRICT. HE WILMSLOW URBAN DISTRICT is situated in the County of -L Chester, about 10 miles south of Manchester. The London and North Western Railway from Manchester to1 Crewe runs through it. It forms part of the Cheshire plain, and is traversed by the valley of the river Bollin. Its area comprises 4,969 acres. The subsoil is chiefly sand and clay. On Lindow Common, and in its neighbour¬ hood, there is peat. The district is partly suburban and partly rural m character. The population was 8,153 at the census of 1911, as against 7,361 in 1901, being an increase of 792, or 10.7 per cent. Between 1891 and 1901 the increase was 14.4 per cent. The popula¬ tion was estimated to be 8,553 in 1919. A considerable part of the population is residential, chiefly composed of persons engaged in business in Manchester, with their families. There are no large works in the district, but three underclothing manufactories, em¬ ploying a number of girls, have been recently established. Some of the inhabitants work at a cotton mill at Styal, and some at a bleach works at Handforth : places just outside the district. Many are employed in the ordinary local trades, whilst others are occupied with agriculture. As a rule there is not muqh unemployment. Persons in receipt of poor relief are mostly aged and past work. There is pa hospital in the district. The inhabitants make use of the hospitals in Man¬ chester and Stockport, to which the Council are subscribers.