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Statistics and Social Conditions
of the Area
Area (in acres) 3,764
Registrar General's Estimate of Resident Civilian
Population, 1950 74,180
Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1950) according
to Rate Books 21,766
Rateable Value (1950) £928,436
Sum represented by a penny rate (1950) £3,790
The social conditions applying in the Borough show no
material difference from those of the past few years. Attention
has already been drawn to the need for safeguarding health through
the medium of environmental hygiene.
There can be little doubt that the general character of the
district, particularly its over-all planning and generous provision
of open spaces have contributed materially and are still contributing
to the welfare of the inhabitants. The Borough can properly be
described as a dormitory area, with the specified minor problems
and absence of major problems associated with factories, peculiar
to this type of district.