[Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Aspull U.D.C.

  • Aspull (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1910
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Credit: [Report 1910] / Medical Officer of Health, Aspull U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Nr. Wigan, February lOtli, 1911. To the Chairman and Members of the Aspull Urban District Council. Gentlemen, I beg to submit to you my Annual Report on the Health of the District during the year ending December 31st, 1910, together with various lists and Tables required by the Local Government Board and the County Council. PART I.—GENERAL SANITARY CONDITION DURING 1910. The Urban District of Aspull comprises 1905 statute acres, lying to the North-east of the County Borough of Wigan. The ground has a general trend upwards in a North-easterly direc- tion, the highest point reached being about 500 feet above sea- level. The sub-soil is clay, overlying the coal-measures of the Wigan Coal-field. The population, which was 8380 at the last Census, is mainly of the working class, the chief occupations being Coal Mining, Cotton Spinning and Weaving, and Steel-working, with a small pro2iortion of the inhabitants engaged in Agricul- ture. The distribution of the population varies considerably, being densest where the District abuts on the Wigan boundary, and becoming more sparse as the radius from this 2>oint increases The Housing Accommodation for the working classes is in the main satisfactory. Your Council has recently appointed the Inspector of Nuisances (Mr. Hy. Gibson) to carry out the Inspection of the District required by the Local Government Board under the Housing of the Working Classes Act. He has completed the Inspection of 52 houses. It would, however, be inexpedient to make any statement on the conditions revealed by his Inspection until by extension to the remainder of the