[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey Local Board / U.D.C. / County Borough.

  • Wallasey (England). Local Board.
Date:
1930
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Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallasey Local Board / U.D.C. / County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. AREA.—The area of the Borough up to March 31st, 1928 was 3,408 acres. As and from April 1st, 1928, Moreton, Leasowe and part of Bidston were added to the Borough, the additional acreage being 1959. Including extra area of foreshore the total acreage is now 7,719 acres. POPULATION. The population of the Borough at the 1921 Census, was, according to the figures first published, 90,721. The Registrar- General subsequently reduced this to 89,609, and later it was further amended to 90,809. His estimate for the middle of 1930, is 98,900, an increase of of 8,091 over the 1921 Census figures. Part of this increase is due to the added areas. The following table shows the population of the Borough at each of the last five Censuses :— 1881 .. .. 21,192 1911 .. .. 78,504 1891 . . .. 33,227 1921 .. .. 90,809 1901 .. .. 53,579 PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT. The Borough of Wallasey is a part of the Wirral Peninsula, and itself forms a peninsula, bounded by the River Mersey on the East, the Irish Sea on the North, Wallasey and Birkenhead Docks on the South and South-west, with a mile of flat land on the West between head of docks and sea. The ground rises from the river and also from the land side towards the middle of the district, forming a kind of backbone North and South, reaching a height of 200 feet above the sea at New Brighton, affording splendid facilities for drainage East and West of this natural ridge. New red sandstone, at a variable depth, underlies all this district with pockets of alluvium, drift clay, gravel marl and sand. Since April 1st, 1928, the Borough has been extended on the west side by the inclusion of the Parishes of Moreton, Leasowe and portion of Bidston-cum-Ford. This portion of the Borough is very flat, being for the most part at, or just above, sea level. It is protected from the sea in part by the Leasowe Embankment and in part by the sandhills. It is intersected east and west by the River Birkett, which drains from higher ground on the southern side and enters the Mersey via a culvert. The portion of land alongside the Birkett is liable to flooding in times of heavy rain, but special measures have been undertaken to prevent this flooding in the future.