Dr. Barry's report to the Local Government Board upon the general sanitary condition of the Sculcoates rural sanitary district / [Fred. W. Barry].

  • Barry, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1850-1897.
Date:
1890
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Credit: Dr. Barry's report to the Local Government Board upon the general sanitary condition of the Sculcoates rural sanitary district / [Fred. W. Barry]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OFFICIAL COPY. Dr. Barry’s Report to the Local Government Board upon the General Sanitary Condition of the Sculcoates Rural Sanitary District. George Buchanan, Medical Department, June 23rd, 1890. The Sculcoates Rural Sanitary District consists of all those contributory places of the Sculcoates Union which are not contained in any urban district. In 1881 it comprised an area of 24,816 acres, and contained a population of 8,670 persons ; but in April 1883 the Stoneferry portion of the township of Sutton, with an area of 525 acres, and a population of 567, together with the township of Marfleet, having an area of 1,285 acres, and a population of 183 persons, were added to the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, leaving in the Rural District an area of 23,006 acres, and a population of 7,920 persons. The population of this district is now estimated at 8,400. The district consists of three detached portions lying respectively to the east, north-east, and west of Hull, and separated from each other by that borough. The portions which lie east and north-east of Hull and the portion to the west of this town are at their nearest points, distant from each other upwards of four miles. The two portions to the east and north-east are situate on the heavy boulder clays of Holderness, and comprise the low-lying parishes of Sutton (north-east) and Preston (east). The portion to the west of Hull, comprising 11 contributory places, is situated partly on the southern extremity of the Yorkshire Chalk Wolds, and partly on the low-lying lands on the north bank of the Humber. The greater part of the district is intersected by open dykes constructed for land drainage purposes, which have their outfalls into the Humber. These dykes are under the control of Drainage Commissioners, and the How of water in them is regulated by means of sluices (locally termed “ doughs ”) placed at frequent intervals. \ LONDON: PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY EYRE ANI) 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 « „ *•> tv* -JO.U --V-i >Vk.lE/ ADAM and CHARLES BLACK, 6, North Bridge, Edinburgh; or , LifcfcARY HODGES, FIGGIS, & Co., 104, Grafton Street, Dublin. 1890. Price Sixpence. ( General Collection* +F No. 53. / /h /