[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-in-Makerfield U.D.C.

  • Ashton-in-Makerfield (England). Urban District Council. n 78087965.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-in-Makerfield U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1961 Public Health Department, Town Hall. Ashton-in-Makerfield. To the Chairman and Members of the Ashton-in-Makerfield Urban District Council, Gentlemen, I have the honour to present for your consideration the eighty-sixth Annual Report on the health and sanitary circumstances of your Urban District for the year 1961. Introduction This Urban District adjoins Haydock to the south and we t, Biliinge to the north-west, Abram and Golborne to the east. The Wigan County Borough lies to the north. Ashton-in-Makerfield lies equidist- ant from the large conurbations of Liverpool and Manchester. The district slopes gently from north-west to south-west and is only fourteen miles from the sea to the south-west. Geology reveals coal measures and Bunter red sandstone and the landscape is diversified with areas of parkland. The area is approximately 6,265 acres. Social conditions The population at the 1951 census was 19,053 and is now 19.500. The proportion of the population over sixty five is approximately 13% and is gradually rising as in the country generally. The population is employed in agriculture, textile weaving, rayon manufacture and iron foundry. As coat mining has now ceased many people are employed outside the district and there is a need to attract new light industries to this area which is well sited and supplied with essential services. The acreage is approximately 6,265 and with a popu- lation of 19,500 gives a density of three persons per acre compared with two per acre for the County of Lancashire. The Rateable Value of property in the Urban District is £159,078 and a penny rate yields £633.