Dr. F. St. George Mivart's report to the Local Government Board on the sanitary circumstances of the Hayle and Phillack urban districts, and on administration by the respective district councils / [F. St. George Mivart].

  • Mivart, F. St. George.
Date:
1897
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Credit: Dr. F. St. George Mivart's report to the Local Government Board on the sanitary circumstances of the Hayle and Phillack urban districts, and on administration by the respective district councils / [F. St. George Mivart]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OFFICIAL COPY, Dr. F. St. George Mivart’s iteport to the Local Govern¬ ment Board on the Sanitary Circumstances of the Hayle and Phillack Urban Districts; and on Adminis¬ tration by the respective District Councils. Richd. Thorne Thorne, Medical Officer, July 12th, 1897. I.—Hayle Urban District. A.—Sanitary Circumstances. General Description.—The Hayle Urban District is composed of two parishes, viz., St. Erth urban, and Phillack West, which are situated in different registration districts, viz., the former in that of Penzance, and the latter in that of Redruth. It has an area of 257 acres. The enumerated population of the district in 1881 was 1,089, and in 1891, 1,172 persons, of whom 478 resided in the St. Erth portion, and 694 in the Phillack portion. The number of inhabited houses was 219 in 1881, and 210 in 1891. At the present time the number is said to be 239. The district lies between Phillack urban district, on the east, and West Penwith rural district, on the west. The town of Hayle is situated at the foot of a slope around the head of a creek opening into the estuary of the Hayle river in St. Ives Bay. The town, though small, was formerly one of the leading mercantile centres of Cornwall. It possesses extensive quays forming one of the most important harbours on the exposed north coast. The entrance through a somewhat narrow channel is only kept free from drift by impounding the water on the flowing tide in the large reservoir known as Hayle Pool, or the Canal, and sluicing it out again with great velocity at low water. The Hayle urban district stretches but little in a westerly or southerly direction beyond the town to which it owes its name, while to the north-east it does not extend further than the swing bridge at the harbour. The extension of the main street beyond this point, by the side of Hayle Pool, is within the Phillack Urban District, though still topographically forming part of the town of Hayle. The important feature of the town is the iron foundry and extensive engineering works of Messrs. Harvey, who at one time employed more than a thousand men, whose dwellings form a considerable portion of the extension of Hayle town, commonly known as Copperhouse, and situated in Phillack Urban District. The activity of these works is, however, now diminished. Other important local industries are the large milling and biscuit works of Messrs. Hosken, Trevithick, and Polkinghorne, as well as smelting works and breweries. The National Explosives Company, whose works are situated at some distance in the parish of Grwinnear, ship from Hayle in their own steam vessels. The workpeople employed in these various industries live for the LONDON; PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE, PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from EYRE and SPOTTISWOODE, East Harding Street, Fleet Street, E.C.; or JOHN MENZIES & Co., 12, Hanover Street, Edinburgh, and 90, West Nile Street, Glasgow; or HODGES, FIGGIS, & Co., Limited, 104, Grafton Street, Dublin. t t-LiUJ •• tiff tVBLLCO ME LIBRARY i p-ssaenJ Collections No. 119. 1897. Price Fivepence.