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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wandsworth 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Area 9,199 acres
Resident population in 1951 332,300
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.