[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Garstang (Union) R.D.C.

  • Garstang (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1937
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    library Garstapg RuraTDistrict Coar)dl ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH AND SANITARY INSPECTOR For the Year 1937. Gentlemen, I beg to present you with the Annual Report for the past year. 1.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Area (Acres) 57,189 Population (Census 1931) 11,562 Population (Estimated Mid-1937) 11,750 Number of Inhabited Houses (Census 1931) 2,773 No. of Inhabited Houses end of 1937 according to Rato Books 3,267 Number of Families, or Separate Occupiers (Census 1931) 2,796 Rateable Value, £70,961. Sum represented by a penny rate : £277. SOCIAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THE CHIEF OCCUPATION OF THE INHABITANTS. Mostly agriculture, poultry farming, market gardening—which has increased during the last few years,—seven cheese and milk factories, one paper mill, one paper bag works, two cotton factories. A number of men are employed in the building trades and also a num- ber of residents, owing to the good bus service, are employed in the neighbouring towns