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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Area 9,199 acres
Resident population in 1940 271,340
No. of inhabited houses in 1940 approx. 76,000
No. of families, or separate occupiers, at Census in 1931 95,383
Rateable value in 1940 £3,479,668
Estimated produce of a penny rate £13,252
Wandsworth is the largest of the Metropolitan Boroughs.
It has an area of 9,199 acres which includes a number of open
spaces with a combined area of 1,202 acres.
The population is a varied one, as the Borough contains
residential neighbourhoods in addition to several working-class
districts.
The chief industries carried on are the manufacture of gas,
electricity and motor accessories, laundries and general engineering.
There is no trade which has any particular affect on the health
of the workers or residents.
At December, 1940, the number of unemployed was 2,274,
a decrease of 5,213 on December, 1939.