[Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Glossop Borough.

  • Glossop (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report 1898] / Medical Officer of Health, Glossop Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, and BURGESSES OF THE BOROUGH OF GLOSSOB. (THE URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY.) Gentlemen, In presenting the past year’s Report, I have to mention with regret the fact that through the lamented death of the late Dr. Rhodes, no complete report of the whole year can be presented. The statistical part, however, I am able to present for the whole year. I entered upon my duties on the 1st of June, 1898. The Borough of Glossop is situated on the slope of the Peak of Derbyshire. Though at a considerable elevation above the level of the sea, it is mainly in a valley surrounded by hills. The St. James’s and All Saints’ Wards are in the valley, through which the Glossop Brook flows to join the Etherow. Brookfield and Woolley Bridge, portions of Hadfield Ward, are at the junction of Glossop brook with the Etherow, while the main portion of Hadfield Ward is on the Etherow, separated by the elevation of the Castle hill, which forms a sparsely inhabited break of about a mile between the two portions of the Borough. Padfield, a portion of Hadfield Ward, is, with the exception of Platt street, Padfield, which is at the foot of the hill, on an elevation overlooking Hadfield proper. The district is on a subsoil of boulder clay, with occasional deposits of sand and gravel overlaying shales and millstone grit. The trade of the district is chiefly textile. There is a large paper works, also a large print works and a smaller iron works, with a fewT works for the making of spring mattresses. Most of the people, however, are employed in cotton spinning and weaving mills, chiefly of large size. The water supply of St. James’s and All Saints’ Wards is mainly derived from the Swineshaw reservoirs belonging to the Corporation, some parts of Whitfield having a separate supply. The water supply of Hadfield is derived from reservoirs belonging to Lord Howard of Glossop. The supply of water for the Borough is barely sufficient. There is an excellent General Hospital provided by the munificence of the late Mr. Daniel Wood, and at Gamesley, beyond the limits of the Borough, there
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