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Although in the last ten years the population has increased
by about 10,000 and the number of houses by 4,000, the total
increase in the Staff in that period, apart from Maternity and
Child Welfare, consists of 1 Sanitary Inspector and 1 Junior Clerk.
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Although Enfield still remains essentially a District both rural
and urban in which all types of inhabitants dwell, it is of importance
that during the last year 1,417 houses were erected, and nearly
all of these were built for occupation by persons of the working
classes.
From a Public Health point of view this means an increase
of the social services which is bound to represent a cost upon the
rates. The erection of houses with a rateable value of less than
£30 is not a paying proposition from the point of view of the ratepayers.