[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough.

  • Blackpool (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1911
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Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PRELIMINARY. A circular from the Local Government Board, dated November, 19n, deals with the subject of the Annual Health Reports. It states that these reports being for the information of the Board and County Council as well as the local Council, there should be in each report a detailed statement of all local circumstances, and while these details may seem superfluous for the latter they may often be needed by the former bodies. This circular specifies the following subjects upon which, amongst others, remarks should be made :—Physical features, chief occupations, house accommodation, water supply (with special comments on plumbo-solvency), milk supply, food supply, sewerage and drainage, scavenging, disposal of sewage, nuisances, bye-laws, sanitary conditions of schools, infectious disease, the control of tuber- culosis, infant mortality, medical inspection of school children, vital statistics, etc. AREA. The Municipal Borough of Blackpool comprises the township of Layton-with-Warbreck, part of the township of Marton, and that part of the township of Bispham-with-Norbreck known as Bispham Hawes. The following is the area of the Wards exclusive of the foreshore:— Claremont 707 acres, Talbot 447 acres, Bank Hey 55^ acres, Brunswick 577! acres, Foxhall 731 acres, and Waterloo 1,004 acres. DENSITY OF POPULATION. The mean density of population for the whole Borough is equal to 17.33 persons per acre :—In Claremont Ward it is 15.68; Talbot Ward, 27,35; Bank Hey Ward, 30.66 ; Brunswick Ward, 16.59; Fox- hall Ward, 25.02 ; and Waterloo Ward, 8.13. ELEVATION. The mean elevation of the Borough is about 28^ feet above sea level, and varies between about 97 feet at Warbreck Hill, and about feet in the field north of Bloomfield Road (West).