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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southgate 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Statistics and Social Conditions
of the Area.
Area (in acres) 3,764
Registrar-General's estimate of Resident Population,
1937 66,230
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1937) according to
Rate Books 19.588
Rateable Value (1937) £826,867
Sum represented by a penny rate (1937) £3,410
General conditions in Southgate have shown no material alteration
from those outlined in some detail in the Reports of recent
years. The comments which appeared therein regarding nutrition,
unemployment, special environmental factors, etc., still hold good,
and no useful purpose would seem to be served by repeating them
here.
Meteorology.—The total rainfall recorded by the Council's
rain-gauge in Proomfield Park measured 28.83 inches during 1937,
the daily average being 0.078 inches. The greatest fall in 24 hours
occurred on December 13th when 0.79 inches were recorded. The
total number of days on which no rain fell was 184.
| Total Rain for month. | Number of Wet Days with | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.01 or more ins. | 0.04 or more ins. | |||||
| 1936 Ins. | 1937. Ins. | 1936. Days. | 1937. Days. | 1936. Days. | 1937. Days. | |
| Jan. | 4.47 | 3.82 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 17 |
| Feb. | 1.67 | 4.35 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 19 |
| Mar. | 1.24 | 2.49 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 13 |
| April | 1.47 | 3.04 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 13 |
| May | 0.31 | 2.72 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 12 |
| June | 3.63 | 1.89 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 9 |
| July | 3.09 | 0.58 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 7 |
| Aug. | 0.54 | 1.15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| Sept. | 2.79 | 1.59 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 13 |
| Oct. | 1.72 | 2.25 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| Nov. | 3.16 | 1.43 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 7 |
| Dec. | 1.79 | 3.52 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 9 |
| Totals. | 25.88 | 28.83 | 182 | 181 | 131 | 131 |