[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Godstone R.D.C.

  • Godstone (Surrey, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1910
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Credit: [Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Godstone R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    houses known as “ The Blocks,” where the plots of ground are somewhat small. The water supply is in most cases from a public service. Bletchingley. The Village of Bletchingley is provided with a sewerage scheme. The extreme western end, known as Barfields, is of recent construction; the cottages are well built, with good well lighted and ventilated rooms, and the houses usually possess three bedrooms. Each house is drained to the public sewer and provided with a water closets, or, in a few cases, a pail closet, and most have a scullery with a good sink. The Water Company’s service is laid on. The gardens are of fair size, and the general situation is healthy. In the village itself the cottages are of much greater age, some of them being very old, but a considerable improvement has recently been made in the state of repair of a large number of them. Where there are no sculleries, a large gully has been provided in the yard or garden, and connected to the sewer. With a very few exceptions, water closets have been provided, and the Water Company’s service laid on. There are about a dozen houses which still obtain water from wells. A few cottages have no gardens whatever. The outlying cottages have large gardens, but generally are without any sink drainage, and are provided with either pail closet or privy. In most cases the Company’s service is connected to the premises. Provision is made for the collection of house refuse. THE SOUTH WARD. The South Ward is situated on the Weald Clay, and contains the Parishes of Lingfield, Crowhurst, and Horne. It is rural in character with the exception of Lingfield Village, and the residential neighbourhood of Dormans Land. It is much flatter and lower than the rest of the District, the height above the sea level being as low as 150 feet in some places. In the neighbourhood of Dormans Land it rises to a height of 400 feet. Several small streams run through this part of the District and join the Eden Brook, which crosses the Eastern border near Edenbridge.