[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Wombwell Local Board / U.D.C.

  • Wombwell (England). Local Board of Health.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Wombwell Local Board / U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Rateable Value. The Rateable Value of the district in 1938 was £60,854 and the sum represented by a penny rate was £226 0 0. Natural Conditions. The soil consists of marl and clay with a sandy sub-soil resting on the shales and sand-stones of the coal measures The surface is undulating and the average height above sea level is 200 feet. Principal Industries. The chief occupations of the population are coal mining, glass bottle making, the manufacture of bye-products from coal, engineering and printing - the coal mining being In far the largest source of employment. The amount of Poor Law Relief for the year was made up as follows:— Quarter Ended ORDINARY ABLE-BODIED 1938 CASH KIND CASH KIND 31 March 3501 1 6 73 15 0 66 13 0 8 2 6 25 June 3000 19 6 94 17 6 57 16 0 19 8 6 24 Sept. 3292 6 8 74 0 10 69 13 6 2 13 6 31 Dec. 3930 5 3 91 1 3 137 10 6 1 6 0 13724 12 11 333 14 7 331 13 0 31 10 6