Pros and cons of living in Tickhill in 1928
‘In the area controlled by Tickhill Urban District Council there is the largest percentage of inhabitants over 65 years of age (7.6%) in the whole of the Doncaster Union; and more than the average for the whole of the West Riding (5.4%). This fact is mentioned in the annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Urban District (Dr A C Lindsay) for the year ended December 31st last. It is also stated that there has been a remarkable absence of infectious diseases in the district. Births numbered 40 equal to a rate of 20.1 per thousand, against the average for England and Wales of 16.7. The death rate was 12.3 as compared with the average for the country of 11.7.
Dr Lindsay comments upon the fact that in December last only 18.7% of the dwellings in the Urban District were using a reliable water supply. He states that he would like to see all the dwellings voluntarily connected up at an early date and adds: “Many of the sources of supply of pump water are contaminated”.’ (‘Sheffield Daily Telegraph’, Tuesday, 10 September 1929, page 3.)