Dr. R. Deane Sweeting's report to the Local Government Board on the sanitary circumstances and administration of the Bedford Rural District.

  • Sweeting, R. Deane.
Date:
1911
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Credit: Dr. R. Deane Sweeting's report to the Local Government Board on the sanitary circumstances and administration of the Bedford Rural District. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dr. R. Deane Sweeting’s Report to the Local Government Board on the Sanitary Cir- cumstances and Administration of the Bedford Rural District. Arthur Newsholme, Medical Officer, 22 August, 1911. The Bedford Eural District, which is the Bedford Registration District, less the Borough of Bedford and the Urban District of Kempston, is the northernmost sanitary district of the County of Bedford, and adjoins the counties of Northampton on the north- west and Buckingham on the west. It is bounded on the east by the Biggleswade Rural District, on the north-east by the Eaton- Socon Rural District, on the north-west by the Wellingborough Rural District, on the west by the Newport Pagnell Rural District, and on the south by the Ampthill Rural District. ' The area of the district is 98,452 acres. The number of in- habited houses diminished from 5,247 in 1891 to 4,622 in 1901; the population diminished, in the same inter-censal period, from 20,280 to 18,851. The present population, as enumerated at the 1911 Census, is 19,214. The density of the district is very low, viz., about one person to 5 acres. There are 41 contributory places or parishes, the area, number of inhabited houses, and population in 1891 and 1901 of each of them being given in the following Table (A): — Bedford Rural District. Table (A), showing for each parish of the district the area, number of inhabited houses, and population in 1891 and 1901. Parish Area in Acres. No. of Inhabited Houses. Population. 1901. 1891. 1901. 1891. 1901. Biddenham 1,586 74 79 352 325 Bletsoe 2,250 77 73 337 286 Bolnhurst 2,333 58 50 233 188 Bromham 1,827 69 77 319 321 Cardington 2,523 104 103 438 433 Carlton 1,530 101 101 379 351 Chellington 549 29 26 95 87 Clapham 1,995 163 179 725 788 Coin worth 2,323 82 66 365 297 Cople 2,132 94 93 424 377 Eastcots 2,816 185 187 830 871 Elstow ... 1,617 105 114 478 479 Felmersham-cum-Radwell 1,991 100 100 430 395 (20630—21.) wt. 10771—228. 500. No. 58. 9/11. D&S.