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BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.
Tel: BARnet 5511
Public Health Department,
31 Wood Street,
Barnet.
To the Chairman and Members of
the Barnet Urban District Council.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have pleasure in presenting to you Annual Report on the health of the
district for the year 1958.
It is drawn up in accordance with the directions of the Ministry of Health
Circular 22/58 of the 9th December, 1958.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 4,290
Population (1951 Census) 25,019
Registrar-General's Estimate of Resident Population, mid 1958 26,100
Number of Inhabited Houses 8,144
Rateable Value £475 ,115
Product of a Penny Rate £1 ,925
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
The population i3 largely residential, and consists chiefly of people whose
occupation lies outside the urban area. Those employed in the district, apart
from the tradesmen and their employees, are mainly skilled workers in light
industries.