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SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
GENERAL STATISTICS
Area of Borough, etc.: (a) excluding area covered by water, 1,427.8 acres; (b) including area covered
by water, 1,473 acres; (c) roads—approximately 57 miles of public highway.
There is a variation of approximately 100 ft. in the elevation of the Borough from north to south,
the highest point being at the junction of Finchley Road and Boundary Road, 173 ft. above Mean
Sea Level at Newlyn, and the lowest at the junction of Oxford Street and James Street, 70 ft. above
Mean Sea Level at Newlyn. The sub-soil consists generally of clay with various pockets of gravel,
hoggin and sand.
Rateable value of the Borough: £5,976,481.
Sum represented by a penny rate: £23,657.
Residential units (separate assessments): 24,560.
Population: 1951 census—Males: 31,649, Females: 44,172. Total: 75,821.
Foreign-born residents: 1951 census—8,872 (approximately 12 per cent. of total population).
Registrar General's estimate of the home population (which includes members of the armed forces
stationed in the area and is used in calculating various rates in this report): mid-1959—70,430.
Registrar General's estimate of the child population: mid-1959—under 1 year: 720; 1-4 years
inclusive: 2,480; 5-14 years inclusive: 5,000. Total child population: 8,200 (approximately 12 per
cent. of total population).
It is estimated that approximately 68 per cent. of the Boroughs' population are aged between 15
and 65 years, and approximately 20 per cent. are over 65 years of age.
Expectation of Life (Born in 1959): Girls—73.53 years; Boys—67.85 years.

The 1959 figure is 22 below that for 1958 and 120 below the average (1,325) for the previous ten
years.