[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Marlborough Borough.

  • Marlborough (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1925
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    INTEL. LIBRARY jitarlborougl) 3$orou$l). MEDICAL OFFICER’S ANNUAL REPORT H I ^ 1 'Is FOR THE YEAR 1925./ Mr. Mayor, Lady and Gentlemen, — <— ... I have the honour to submit to you my 6th Annual Report on the Public Health and ‘Sanitary Administration of your District. I am following out the lines indicated in the Ministry of Health Circular No. 648, dated December I Oth, 1925. The Report will be a “Survey Report” and consequently somewhat fuller than in previous years. I have the honour to remain, / Your obedient servant, A. H. WILSON, Medical Officer of Health. 3, King's Road, Salisbury. May, 1926. NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE DISTRICT. Population—Census 1921 : 1,194. Al®a’ Acr®3' Estimated 1925—4,204. Rateable Value : £22,8 5. Sum represented by Penny rate : £91 3s. 5d. Number of Inhabited Houses (1921): 804. Amount of Poor Law Relief: £25 10s. 7d. Families or Separate Occupiers (1921) : 831. Marlborough is a market town situated in the valley of the Kennett on the main road between London and Bath. The subsoil is mainly chalk with small outcroppings of clay and gravel. The River Kennett passes through the town. The occupations of the inhabitants are those usually carried on by people in a small market town, but the presence of the College and the position of the to,vn on one of the main roads of the Country brings many visitois. The Borough formerly consisted of three Parishes, viz. : St. Peters, St. Mary s, and Preshute Within, but in October, 1925, the three Parishes were united and the Borough now consists of one Parish, viz.: The Parish of Marlborough.