[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackburn County Borough.

  • Blackburn (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1914
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Credit: [Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackburn County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OF THE Medical Officer of Health FOR 1914. l^lackburn is situated chielly in the valley of th(| Hlakcvvater, and to a much smaller extent in the valley of thtj Darwen. Tlie following- are the lieights above sea-level in variou parts of the town :— I own Hall 377 feet. Revidge 715 „ Witton 318 ,, Intack 483 ,, Infirmary 402 ,, Station 360 ,, Fever Hospital 560 ,, The rivers join on the western boundary of the Borougl On the north side of the Blakewater the land rises after tl| first few hundred yards rapidly from a height of about 3c feet to a height of 700 feet. To the south and west of til River Darwen there is also a fairly rapid rise from a heigj of 300 feet to 600 feet. The land between the two rivej has at first no great inclination, but towards the south-eal it rises rapidly to a height of 650 feet. On the north si] the gradients are as high in one or two instances as i in and I in 10 or 12 are not uncommon. On the south side t|