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Bexley Urban District
Council.
Annual Report of the Medical Officer
of Health.
To the Chairman and Members of the Bexley Urban
District Council.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I submit herewith my Fifth Annual Report as
Medical Officer of Health, being that for the year 1925.
Natural and Social Conditions of the Area.
Area (in acres), 4,901.
Population (Census 1921), 21,475, estimated 1925,
23,210.
Number of Inhabited Houses (1921), 4,610.
Number of Families or separate occupiers (1921),
5,127.
Rateable Value, £117,530.
Sum represented by a penny rate, £428.
The District, which is divided into Three Wards, is
situated in the North-West corner of Kent, about 12
miles from London Bridge.
The bulk of the population reside in the Christchurch
(Bexley heath) and East Wickham Wards,
the St. Mary's Ward (known locally as Old Bexley)
being less populated.
The height above Sea Level varies from 50 to 200
feet. The subsoil is chiefly gravel, with patches of
clay here and there.
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