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Bexley 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Table: SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH.

SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH.

Area.
4,869 acres.
Population.New Dwellings Erected.
Registrar General's Estimate midyear, 88,180.Houses503

Table: Relative figures for previous years.

Relative figures for previous years.

Population—Mid-Year.New Houses Erected.
1931 (Census)33,1501944Nil
193559,97019452
194077,670194682+ 64 rebuilt
194575,0401947199 +216 rebuilt
195089,4101948334+ 286 rebuilt
1951 (Census)88,4201949138+ 73 rebuilt
195288,1601950102+ 15 rebuilt
195387,9901951319
1952355
1953265
Number of inhabited houses at end of 1954 (according to Rate Books) approximately27,096
Rateable Value£685,457
Sum represented by a penny rate£2,800
Unemployment.MenWomenBoysGirlsTotal
December 31st, 19532481153512410
December 31st, 19541671181913317

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Social Conditions and Amenities.
The Borough of Bexley continues to be a healthy
residential district and is specially favoured in that it has
ample open spaces and recreational facilities for its
inhabitants. Like other districts, however, that suffered
severe bombing during the war, and whose population has
increased considerably, housing shortages, at present, constitute
the main barrier to the health of relatively large
number of its citizens. The housing programme has been
accelerated as much as possible and it can only be hoped
that the housing position of the Borough will gradually
reach the optimum standards for which the Council are
striving.
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