[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Godstone R.D.C.

  • Godstone (Surrey, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1911
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Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Godstone R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Grange, Blechingley. February, 1912. To the Chairman and Members of the Rural District Council of Godstone. Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report for the year 1911. This was the first District in the County in which a scheduled account of the Dairies and Cowsheds was issued. As before, the schedule is printed separately from the Annual Report, and is not publicly circulated. As in former years, the Parishes comprising the District have been grouped, for the purposes of statistics, into four Wards, as the figures for individual Parishes are, in some instances, too small to be of value. The wards are so arranged that the numbers of the populations are to some extent equal, and each ward corresponds roughly to the physical conforma- tion of country. THE NORTH WARD. The North Wrard consists of the Parishes of Farleigh, Chelsham, Woldingham, Warlingham, and Tatsfield. It is situated on the gravel and chalk formation, and is high ground. It is separated from the northern borders of the Eastern and Western Wards by the abrupt slopes of the chalk hills. It varies in height towards the north, in the neighbourhood of Farleigh, from 400 to 600 feet; further south, at Chelsham, Warlingham, and Tatsfield, the altitude varies from 600 to 800 feet above sea level. On the Western border, running in a