[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Hastings County Borough.

  • Hastings (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1921
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Hastings County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    3/36 (page 3)
    AREA. The County Borough of Hastings, facing almost due south on the English Channel, occupies an area (including 373 Acres of Fore-shore) of 4,857 Acres. Its Eastern and Northern boundaries are formed by lofty hills which afford considerable shelter from the winds blowing from those quarters. Open land lies lo the West of the town. SOCIAL CONDITIONS. The Borough is largely residential and an excellent educational centre with a large and now increasing number of Preparatory Schools. As a Health and Holiday Resort the chief industry of the town is the provision of accommodation in Hotels and Apartment-houses for its numerous visitors. Population. At the Census of 1911, the population of the Borough was 61,145 which had increased at the recent Census to 66,496. The Registrar General estimates the resident population of the district at 59,500 and estimates that there were in the Borough at the time when the Census was taken 7,000 non- residents or visitors. It will be remembered that the taking of the Census was deferred on account of the coal strike from April to June, at which time, as shown by enquiry from the leading Hotels and Railway Authorities, the number of visitors was extremely small owing to the coal strike, and in my opinion the non-residents in the town at the time were remarkably few, and the Registrar General’s estimate of visitors is placed too high. However, for the purposes of this report I have used the Registrar General’s estimate of population. 1. General Statistics. Area (acres) Population (1921), Census Number of inhabitated houses 1921 Number of families or separate occupiers (1921) Rateable Value Sum represented by a penny rate 4,857 66,496 (not available) (not available) £422,566 10s. £1,660