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The number of parliamentary electors in Acton since 1931
has been as follows:-
1931 47,863
1932 48,126
1933 48,245
1934 48,228
1935 48,258
The number of new houses erected during the last five
years were:-
1930-31 449
1931-32 257
1932-33 188
1933-34 224
1934-35 134
SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE DISTRICT.
Although there has been no sudden change in the social
conditions of the district, a gradual change has been in operation
for many years, and the process still continues. There are certain
periods in the history of the district when possibly the conditions
have more definitely altered, and the period since the Great War
has been one of those. Otherwise the conditions which obtain
are similar to those described in last year's Annual Report.
Unemployment is slowly but steadily diminishing as the
following figures show:-
31s/ December, 1933.
2816 men
461 women
3277
31s/ December, 1934.
2273 men
447 women
2720
31s/ December, 1935.
2074 men
551 women
2625