[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover Borough.

  • Andover (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1910
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Credit: [Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Heath House, Andover, May 1, 1911. To the Mayor and Corporation of the Borough of Andover. Gentlemen,— I beg to submit to you my ANNUAL REPORT for the year 1910, copies of which have been forwarded in accordance with the Order, Act 16, Sec. 14, of March 23, 1891, to the Local Government Board and to the Hants County Council ; also to the Secretary to the Home Office, as required by Sec. 132 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901. PHYSICAL FEATURES. GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT.—Outcrop of the chalk bed ; springs issuing therefrom form the permanent source of the River Anton. SOIL.—Loamy gravel, overlying chalk, excepting in the rivTr valley,where alluvial soil overlies the river gravel and chalk. LEVELS.—The district comprises numerous spurs from a table-land, some 300 to 500 feet above mean sea level, into the .Vnton valley. The level of the river at Andover is about 190 feet above mean sea level (Ordnance datum). DISTRIBUTION OF URBAN PARTS.—By far the largest portion of the Borough is Rural, and comprises five fairly defined villages. The Market Town of Andover is situated near the southern extremity of the Borough, and contains about six- sevenths of the population. OCCUPATIONS.—These include Agriculture, Iron Foundries, Railways, Shop-keeping, Gas Works, Milling, Brewing, Building, Watercress Growing, and Motor Works.