[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Kendal Borough.

  • Kendal (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Kendal Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BOROUGH OF KENDAL. Annual Report of the Medical-Officer-of-Health for the l^ear ending December 31st, 1919. The Borough of Kendal extended its boundaries on November ioth, by including a portion of the Parish of Scalthwaiterigg : the statistics have been based on the exclusion of this area for the whole of the year. Area .. .« *. ... Population (census 1911) Population (Registrar General’s mate) Population (Local Estimate) . . Inhabited Houses Average population per House 2,622 acres; • • I4>°33 esti- 13,822 for Birth Rate. 13,268 for Death Rate. . . 14,276 3.350 4.26 Kendal is picturesquely placed on the river Kent and is irregularly built, the greater part being on the west bank, on ground rising up to the limestone eminence of Kendal Fell, in a series of terraced streets, varying in height from 137 to 350 feet above ordnance. The buildings on the east bank are situated on undulating lowlands rising from 137 to nearly 200 feet contour. The dale of Kendal runs north and south ; the level of the eastern boundary varies from 500 to 600 feet, and consists of Silurian rocks, that of the western boundary being from 300 to 600 feet, and composed of Carboniferous limestone. Alluvium deposits occupy the small northern area of the borough. The climate is mild and the rainfall about 50 inches. Kendal is a market town serving an agricultural area within a radius of eight miles. In addition there are a number of industries which afford occupation to the inhabitants, the chief of which are :—