[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Axbridge R.D.C.

  • Axbridge (Somerset, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / 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 1925. To the Chairman and Members of the Axbridge Rural District Council* Ladies 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 93,062, acres. Estimated total Population for 1925, 23,820. Census 1921, 23,293. Population in private families, 22:,396. Number of private families, 5,704. Rooms per person, 1*44. Rooms occupied, 32,358. Inhabited houses, 5,563; Persons per house, 4. Assessable value, ;£137,904. Sum represented by a penny rate, ;£574. WATER SUPPLY. The South Marsh supply, owned by the Rural Dis- Ma^gh, trict Council, arises from springs at Cross, extending over an acre, through the limestone strata. The springs are fenced in. A spring at Dunnyeat, Compton Bishop, has been purchased, and pi]:)es are being laid tO' carry this supply to augment the well of the South Marsh scheme.