[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Basingstoke Borough.

  • Basingstoke (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Basingstoke Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1913. ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE BASINGSTOKE BUBAL DISTBICT. WiNTON House, February 13th, 1914. Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit to you my Annual Eeport for the year 1913. The Kural District of Basingstoke covers an area extending for 16J miles north and south, and 9J miles east and west, having its centre in the town of Basingstoke. The Northern part of this area is wooded, and consists of a heavy soil overlying the London clay. The Southern part being little wooded, and chiefly composed of open downs and uplands, the soil being shallow and overlying chalk. There is a narrow belt of Beading Beds, extending from Bamsdale to Up Nately, which divides the chalk in the South from the London clay in the North. At Hartley Wespall is a small area of sand and gravel beds overlying the clay, and this also occurs between Pamber and Bramley. All the Northern District tends to be damp and to become more easily flooded than the Southern, the surface water having to run off in the streams instead of percolating through the soil.