[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough.

  • Chesterfield (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1914
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Credit: [Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Chesterfield Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    18/86 (page 14)
    Year, 1902 14 In-patients treated. 490 Out-patients treated. 2103 1903 580 2390 1904 618 2701 1905 653 3764 1906 763 3944 1907 921 4193 1908 866 4725 1909 897 4687 1910 1091 5540 1911 1102 4895 1912 1225 4716 1913 1212 5059 1914 1398 4365 B.~ SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE WATER SUPPLY.- DISTRICT. —Water is supplied by the Chester- field Gas and Water Board, whose area of supply includes the Borough, the Urban Districts of •Whittington and Newbold, Brampton and Walton, and part of the Chesterfield Rural District. The ares, supplied is 24 square miles in extent. The greatest part is collected on a gathering ground above the Linacre Reservoir of 1,386 acres, but there are other works as given below, while a small supply can be obtained in time of need from the mains of the Chesterfield Rural District Council. Capacity of Reservoirs, 247,746,000 gallons. Lowest quantity stored during the year, 106,131,000 gallons. In 1912 the lowest quantity was 209,279,000 gallons. Present daily consumption, 1,170,000 gallons. Number of houses supplied, 14,551.