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STAFF.
There were few staff changes during the year.
Mr. K. J. Winton was appointed a district Sanitary Inspector
with effect from the 15th August, 1949, to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Mr. E. E. Morgan in May.
In July Mrs. G. G. Taylor resigned her appointment as
shorthand-typist and Miss N. E. North was appointed to fill the
vacancy.
There were thus no vacancies in the establishment at the end
of the year.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Area 9,199 acres
Resident population in 1949 334,840
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 effect on the
health of the workers or residents.