[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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    A sewerage scheme was mooted for Tatsfield, but laid aside as impracticable on account of the enormous cost and engineering difficulties. Tatsfield lies on a series of plateaux divided by deep gullies. No notification of infectious disease was received from Tatsfield in 1911. Warlingham and Whyteleafe. This parish is divided into the above two portions ; the district of Whyteleafe lying on the main London and East Grinstead Road, in the Caterham Valley, 1J miles distant from Warlingham village, which lies on the upper ground. The soil of Warlingham proper, is clay ; the subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and peas. But Warlingham has developed to a considerable extent during recent years for building purposes of houses of a superior kind, and I anticipate that the near future will show a still greater develop- ment, especially on the rising ground in the vicinity of Upper Warlingham Station. The rateable value of Warlingham and Whyteleafe is ^20,780. Warlingham Green. At Warlingham Green, two-thirds of the houses are modern and are ptovided with earth or pail closets ; they are drained to cesspools, and the gardens are fairly large. The remaining third are much older, with inferior drainage, or none at all, and are provided with pail closets or privies. Most of the cottages are connected with the public water supply. The cottages near the “ Hare and Hounds ” public house are in most cases provided with good drainage to cesspools, and are provided with water-closets. They have fairly large gardens. Considerable difficulty has been experienced in the past in keeping the property free from nuisances; this is owing chiefly to the neglect of the tenants to deal properly with their house refuse by digging it into the garden, instead of leaving it in heaps, often in close proximity to the back doors. These cottages derive their water from the public supply. Sunny Bank. In this part of Warlingham about two-thirds of the cottages are modern and have good drainage, and either water or pail- closets. The old cottages are provided with earth closets or