[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Ampthill U.D.C.

Ampthill (England). Urban District Council. nb2006025271.

Date:: 1948

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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Ampthill U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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AMPTHILL URBAN DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH For 1948 PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS OF THE AUTHORITY Medical Officer of Health—H. E. C. Sutton, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H. Sanitary Inspector—Thos. A. Hawtin, M.R.S.I., M.S.I.A. STATISTICS OF THE AREA. Area in Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 1,904 Population Census 1931 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,157 Population in 1948 (estimated Mid Year) .. .. . . .. 2,720 Number of inhabited houses at end of 1948 .. .. .. .. 888 Rateable Value .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £15,431 Sum represented by a Penny Rate .. .. .. .. .. £60/15/0 SOCIAL CONDITIONS. Ampthill Station is on the main St. Pancras—Scottish line of British Railways, 45 miles north of London, and there is also a good bus service to Luton and Bedford. Many inhabitants travel to work in the factories of these towns, and to the brickworks at Stewartby and Ridgmont. Others are employed at a fodder mill in the town, and at the Bovril and Ebonite factories just outside the town boundary. Farming and market gardening finds employment for others within the district, and there was very little, if any, unemployment. The soil is light, and the town stands on high ground, screened on the north and east by hills and trees.