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REPORT
of the Medical Officer of Health
for the Year 1927.
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 1927.
GENERAL STATISTICS FOR THE
BOROUGH.
Area 9,199 acres
Population in 1927 354,178
No. of inhabited houses in 1921 62,540
No. of families, or separate occupiers, in 1921 80,526
Rateable value in 1927 £2,764,577
Estimated produce of a penny rate £11,200
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GENERAL CHARACTER
OF THE BOROUGH.
The Registrar-General has estimated the population in 1927
as 342,700, which is higher than that of any of the other London
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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