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Edmonton 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (including 31 acres of water) 3,895 acres
Population, census of 1921 66,807
„ estimated by the Registrar-General for the
mid-year 1928 74,460
Number of inhabited houses, 1921 11,891
Number of families or separate occupiers, 1921 14,654
The Accountant has kindly furnished the following figures relating to 1928 :—
| Houses | Tenements. | |
|---|---|---|
| Year ended 1927 | 13,237 | 835 |
| Houses erected during 1928 | 676 | 2 |
| Year ended 1928 | 13,913 | 837 |
| making a grand total of | 14,750 | |
| Assessable Value for purposes of Poor Rate | £281,852 | |
| „ „ „ District Rate | £275,226 | |
| Sum represented by a Penny Rate. | ||
| For the Poor Rate | £1,170 | |
| For the General District Rate | £1,135 | |
| Rates in the £. | April. | October. |
| For Poor Rate | 5/8 | 5/8 |
| For District Rate | 3/11 | 3/11 |
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Edmonton is one of the dormitories of London, many of its inhabitants
travelling to and from town daily. Full details as regards occupations were
given in the Report for 1925, but the following are the more commonly followed
occupations:—Agricultural (including nurserymen), brick-makers, metal
workers, electrical apparatus makers, textile goods and dress, wood workers,
printers and book-binders, builders and bricklayers, painters, transport workers,
commercial (not clerks), hotels and clubs, clerical, warehousemen.
The Clerk to the Guardians has kindly furnished me with the following figures relating to relief in the district during the year 1928:—
| Outdoor Relief— | Cases. | Cash and Kind. |
|---|---|---|
| Ordinary | 1,671 | £41,094 |
| Unemployed | 1,393 | £21,411 |
| 3,064 | £62,505 |
Building operations are still going on in the Western portion of Edmonton
on the Winchmore Hill border: these houses, together with those on the
Council's housing estate, are rapidly transforming Edmonton's semi-rural
aspect to one wholly urban.
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