[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Axbridge R.D.C.

Axbridge (Somerset, England). Rural District Council.

Date:: 1938

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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Axbridge R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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AXBRIDGE RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH for 1938. Dr. LECHE, Axbridge To the Chairman and Members of the Axbridge Rural District Council. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,— The geographical features of the district are chiefly limestone, sandstone in a few localities, peat in the lower marshes, and clay. The water in the lowlands near the sea being brackish, where shallow wells are dug as in the North Marsh. The area is 89,767 acres. Estimated total Population for 1938, 25,360 (excluding R.A.F. Trainees, approximate number 4,000). Census, 1931, 21,905. Population in private families, 22,150. Estimated number of private families, 6,042. Rooms per person, IT. Rateable value, £140,416. Sum represented by a penny rate, £585 Is. 4d. WATER SUPPLY. The South Marsh supply, owned by the Rural District south Marsh. Council, arises from springs in a well at Cross, through the limestone strata. The springs are fenced in. The springs at Dunnett, Compton Bishop, augment the well of the South Marsh scheme.