Annual report of the Board of Health of Lynn / by the Chairman of the Commissioners appointed under a resolve of the legislature of Massachusetts, relating to a sanitary survey of the State.

Date:
1850
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Credit: Annual report of the Board of Health of Lynn / by the Chairman of the Commissioners appointed under a resolve of the legislature of Massachusetts, relating to a sanitary survey of the State. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    The number of permanent settlers, temporary residents, and transient visiters, has been as great during the past as in any previous year. 2. We deem it proper, however, to present the figures which show how the lands of the town were divided by the assessors, in their re- ports to the valuation committees of the State. Acres. In 1800. In 1810. In 1820. In 1830. In 1840. In 1850 Of Tillage Land, . . 901 854 516 607 598 419 Of English Mowing, . 1,232 1,204 1,077 1,036 924 1,360 Of Fresh Meadow, . 399 310 50 44 59 41 Of Salt Marsh, . . Of Pasturage, . . . 1,102 725 125 278 210 246 4,080 2,877 2,565 ' 2,154 2,168 2,090 Of Woodland, . . . 566 1,029 742 993 1,107 1,915 Of Unimproved Land, 1,622 1,114 347 101 48 15 Unimprovable, . . . 1,150 787 150 121 3 • Owned by the Town, • 1,094 373 259 91 241 Used for Roads, . . 270 389 240 • 204 319 Covered with water, . 511 546 300 354 196 388 Total, . . . . 11,833 10,929 6,485 5,947 5,608 7,034 The area of the town is staled by Mr. Lewis , at 15 square miles, or 9,360 acres, which is 2,326 less than the return of the assessors in 1850. Great Nahant contains 470 acres, Little Nahant. 45. • The water in ponds and brooks 175, and in the Lynn half of Saugus River 109. In Lynn proper and Swamscot, there are 55 miles and 176 rods of roads; in Nahant, including beach road, 6 miles, 68 rods. 3. The population of Lynn has increased rapidly within the last fewr years, and according to the U. S. Census was 14,257 in 1850. It nowr ranks in population as the 9th town in the State and the 2d in the county. In 1800 it was 2,837; in 1810, 4,087, or an increase of