[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Crewe Borough.

  • Crewe (Crewe and Nantwich, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1911
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Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Crewe Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Situation and Altitude. The Borough is situated in the S.F. part of Cheshire upon the Valley Brook, a tributary of the river Weaver. The mean altitude is about 170 feet above sea level, and varies from 113 feet at the lowest part of the Sewage Farm to 200 feet at Hightown. Height Above Sea Level. Sewage Farm (West of Queen’s Park) 113 feet. The Valley 145 „ Market Square (South-West corner) 1S4 „ Isolation Hospital ... 182 ,, Nantwich Road (East end) 188 ,, Hightown (St. Paul’s Church—North side) ... 200 „ Area. The Borough has a total area of 2,185 acres, comprising the Civil Parish of Monks Coppenhall and parts of the Civil Parishes of Church Coppenhall. Shavington-cum-Gresty, and Wistaston, the three last named parts being added on 24th March, 1894, by Order of the Local Government Board. Density. The average number of persons per acre in the Borough is 21-03 on the census population. Population. The Preliminary Report of the census gives the population of the Borough as 44,970 on April 2nd, 1911. In 1901 the population was 42,074, so that the increase during the decennary is equivalent to 6 8% of the total population; that in the previous decennary was 28-3% From April, 1901, to March, 1911, the excess of births over deaths—the natural increase in the population—was 6,665 persons. Had there then been no emigration from the town, or immigration, the natural increase would have produced a population of 48,740 persons in 1911. The birth-rate in 1901, was 31T and in 1910, 24-8 per 1,000, while the mean birth-rate for the intercensal period was 29-2 per 1,000.