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Wandsworth 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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REPORT
of the Medical Officer of Health
for the Year 1925.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
Sir and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Annual Report on the
health and sanitary condition of the Borough for the year 1925.
| Area | 9,199 acres |
| Population in 1925 | 344,370 |
| No. of inhabited houses in 1921 | 62,540 |
| No. of families, or separate occupiers, in 1921 | 80,526 |
| Rateable value in 1925 | £2,404,442 |
| Estimated produce of a penny rate | £9,763 |
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GENERAL CHARACTER
OF THE BOROUGH.
At the Census in 1921 Wandsworth was the second largest
Borough in London as regards population, but the RegistrarGeneral
has estimated the population in 1925 as 340,900, which
is higher than any of the other boroughs.
As regards area, Wandsworth is larger than any of the other
boroughs—the acreage being 9,199 compared with Woolwich,
which is 8,986 acres.
The population is a very varied one. Parts of the Borough
consist of high class residential districts, and there are several
large working and labouring districts.
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