[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough.

  • Tunbridge Wells (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector is again incor¬ porated along with my own, as last year. Geolog’y.—Tunbridge Wells is situated on the Tunbridge Wells Sands, these forming the highest division of the Hastings I^eds or Sands, the chief geological peculiarity being the exceptional character of the rocks underlying the district, interspersed with patches of the Weald Clay. Its healthful situation and the beauty of the town itself, as well as of its immediate and more distant surroundings, have caused Tunbridge Wells to acquire a high reputation, which it continues to hold, in the esteem of everyone called upon to pronounce an opinion upon such matters, with the consequence that great numbers of health-seekers either visit it annually or make it their permanent home. The town is laid out in a tasteful manner which takes advantage of every natural feature which lends charm and variety to the scene, and no more beautiful expanse spreads itself before the eye in any health resort in Great Britain than that which extends into the distance from the magnificent promenade that crowns the gentle slope which forms the Common. This open space, covering some 250 acres, still to a large extent in a state of nature, lies practically in the centre of the town. Upon it the visitor may pick his way among the gorse or across tracts covered with heather, while his eye may take in the diversified delights of a matchless panorama whose range includes the distant height of Crowborough Beacon. Provision is made for the enjoyment of outdoor games, such as golf, cricket and bowls. Population.—The population of the Borough is estimated at 35,873, as upon June 30th, 1909, as against 35,573 on the corresponding date in 1908.