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Bexley 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH.
| Area. | ||
| The Borough covers 4,869 acres, sub-divided into Wards as follows; — | ||
| Brampton | 509 acres | |
| Christchurch | 746 „ | |
| St. Michael's | 740 „ | |
| Falconwood | 382 ,, | |
| Danson | 640 „ | |
| St. Mary's | 1,852 „ | |
| Population. | Houses erected. | |
| Registrar General's Estimate (30.6.38)—77,020 Mid year. | 1,170 | |
| 1911 (Census) | 16,000 | |
| 1921 | 21,510 | |
| 1931 | 33,150 | 1,082 |
| 1932 (R.G.'s Estimate) | 37,610 | 1,165 |
| 1933 | 44,860 | 2,514 |
| 1934 | 52,030 | 3,832 |
| 1935 | 59,970 | 2,412 |
| 1936 | 69,247 | 2,034 |
| 1937 | 74,380 | *1,373 |
* Minor alterations of Borough boundary.
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1938, according
to Rate Books), 22,480.
Rateable Value, £578,180.
Sum represented by a penny rate, £2,250.
Social Conditions.
The district is almost entirely residential in character,
and it can no longer be said that market gardening
is the chief industry in the district. The chief industry
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