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The inspections under the Housing Act, 1935 were continued
throughout the year. The appointed day for Acton was 1st
January, 1937.
Certain changes occurred both in the clerical and Health
Visiting staffs. Miss Welsh died in August 1936, and Miss Cooksey
retired in March 1937; Miss Bennett and Miss Orfeur were appointed.
Mr. Hacker left to take up another appointment in June 1937, and
Mr. Pratt was appointed as Chief Clerk. Miss Arnold and Miss
Beacon were married and Miss Hester and Miss Warburton appointed
on the clerical staff.
In conclusion, I should like to express my thanks to the
Council for their courtesy and support for the measures proposed
to improve the public health and to all the staff of the Public Health
Department for their invaluable assistance throughout the whole
year.
I remain,
Your obedient servant,
D. J. THOMAS,
Medical Officer of Health.
SECTION A.
Statistics and social conditions of the Borough.
Area—2,317 Acres. There has been no change of boundaries since
the last report.
Population.—The Registrar-General's estimate of the population
in the middle of 1937 was 69,100 inhabitants, a decrease of
40 as compared with the estimate for 1936. The population at the
Census of 1931 was 70,510, but since that time a re-arrangement of
boundaries has occurred and the Census population of the district
as now constituted was 70,008, that is, there was a loss of 502
inhabitants as a result of the transaction. The number of private
families was reduced from 18,997 to 18,876 and the number of
structurally separate dwellings occupied, from 13,812 to 13,687.