[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City.

  • Nottingham (England). City Council.
Date:
1903
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Credit: [Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The City of Nottingham. SITE and POPULATION DATA, and RATEABLE VALUE. 1903. Situation and Soil.—Nottingham lies in lat. 52 deg. 57 min. north, and long. 1 deg. 9 min. west, in the S.W. portion of the county of Notts., and in the watershed of the Trent. It stretches about 7J miles north from the Trent, and has an average breadth of nearly four miles. It stands for the most part on Bunter sandstone ; but on the east the Keuper marls appear ; on the north and west, red marl and mag¬ nesian limestone of the Permian series; and on the south towards the Trent, and in the valley of the Leen and other small streams, are found the alluvium and gravels of the Trent and its local tributaries. Area and Altitude.—The City has an area of 10,935 acres, and its altitude varies from about 80 feet (at Trent Bridge) to 425 feet (on Woodborough Boad) above ordnance datum (mean water level at Liverpool). Population : At census of 1881, 186,575 ; at census of 1891, 213,877 ; at census of 1901, 239,753. Average number of persons to each house :—At census of 1881,4*8; at census of 1891, 4*6; at census of 1901, 4*5. Average number of persons to an acre, 22. Rateable Value, £1,154,078 (for Poor Law purposes).