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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 1961

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

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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Area 9,201 acres
Resident population in 1961 346,790
Wandsworth is the largest of the Metropolitan Boroughs. It has
an area of 9,201 acres which includes a number of open spaces, with
an approximate combined area of 1,200 acres.
The population is a varied one, as the Borough contains residential
neighbourhoods which have rapidly been added to by the development
of new housing estates by the Borough Council and London
County Council.
The chief industries carried on are the manufacture of gas, electricity
and motor accessories, laundries and general engineering.
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