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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Physical Features and General Character of the Borough.
With regard to this, the Borough is fortunate in possessing a
considerable number of parks and open spaces, and, in addition,
there are parks in the County of Surrey adjacent to those in this
Borough.
The total area of the Borough is 9,108 acres, and the approximate
area of parks and open spaces is 1,130 acres.
This area is largely increased by Wimbledon Common and
Richmond Park, portions of both of these being in the Borough.
Social Conditions.
At the Census of 1911 the total population was 140,728 males
and 170,632 females; and of these, 90,032 males, or 64 per cent.,
and 46,731 females, or 27 per cent., were engaged in specified
occupations, compared with 66 per cent. males and 32 per cent.
females in the County of London.
The greatest number of males were engaged in commercia
occupations; conveyance of men, goods and messages; building
and works of construction; food, tobacco, drink and lodging; and
professional occupations and their subordinate services. And the
greatest number of females in domestic offices and services; dress;
professional occupations and their subordinate services; food,
tobacco, drink and lodging; and commercial occupations.
There is reason to believe that the percentage of occupied
females has considerably increased during the last five years,
especially in commercial occupations.
There are few staple industries in the Borough, and, as will be
seen from the following Table, there is only a small proportion of
the total occupied persons employed in these industries.