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Statistics and Social Conditions of the Borough.
Area (in acres) 2,265 (including 12 acres covered by water).
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population, 1935 90,600
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1935) according to Rate Books—
9,651 dwelling houses, 3,128 maisonetted and divided houses,
3,565 separate flats, 2,845 shops and offices.
Rateable value £1,531,769.
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,945 18s. l0d.
Extent of Unemployment.
I am indebted to the Chief Officer of Public Assistance of the
London County Council for the following information relating to the
year 1935, which was extracted from the periodical returns received
by the County Council from the Statistical Branch of the Ministry
of Labour:—The number of men registered as unemployed varied
from 553 in December to 1,256 in January, and the unemployed women
from 174 in July to 250 in April. Calculated upon the number of
insured people in the Borough, the lowest number was 65 per cent.
in December and the highest 12.5 in January.

Crude Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—11.2.
Death Rate Comparability Factor (C.F.) = 0.94.
Adjusted Death Rate =
Crude Death Rate x C.F. = 11.2 X 0.94 = 10.5.
Deaths from puerperal causes—1.
Deaths.
The deaths during 1935, after deducting those registered in
Hampstead who were non-resident persons and adding the deaths of
Hampstead residents who died outside the Borough, were 1,018 as