[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough.
- Bexhill (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1921
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Annual Report for the Year 1921. liy llie Instruct ions of the Ministry of Health the repoi t for the year will he an Ordinary Keport dealing' only witli the circunislances of the year. (a) Ward figures as to housing (Census hgui'es). Ward. Persons per House. Population, Houses erected during year 1921 Total number of houses occupied. Sackville 70 ,3598 9 514 Central HO HH72 1 1108 Egerton Park 50 3470 23 693 Old 'rown ... 4S ,3001 6 667 .St. .Mark’s ... 4 5 3H22 51 805 .-Vverage j 205H3 90 3792 (b) Tlie year has been nuuked by a deficiency in tlie rain- fall of ovei' Id inclies. The ])robb‘in of kee])ing' u]) the water suj)i)ly has g-iven some anxiety, and has shown its(df by the <lrying' up of .some of the surface wells, and the conse(iuent need for d(‘])endence on tlie (’'Om]>any’s su])ply. The Watei' Com pan v has endeavoured to meet the demand l)y an extension of their ])roducing area at Huckholt. and the resnlt has l)een that whil(' (‘conomy in tlie us(‘ of their water has been reipiested from all consumers, no serious want of water lias been ex]ierienc(sl. d he (diief dilfic\dty ai'ising from th(> drying u]) of the sur- face wells has been found at (falley Hill, ami cottages at (xlyne (ia]i below. It is ])ro}iosed to close the well supplying the.'^e, as the watei' is scanty and brackish owing to the tidal influence, and the structure of tin' two wells in question is also unsatis- factory. (c) 1 )k.my.AOK.—Lii th(' rejiort for last year it was pointed out that the jiresent combined system of Sewers was subiected to seven' strain owing to sudden storms, and that the incidence of casi's of Dijihtlu'i'ia in the lower part of the district jiointed to tlie dangers of back-tloodiiig'.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28921501_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
