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SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL
CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH.
Area.
4,869 acres.
Population. New Dwellings Erected.
Registrar General's Houses 384
Estimate midyear,
90,020
Relative figures for previous years.
Population—Mid-Year. New Houses Erected.
1931 (Census) 33,150 1946 82+ 64rebuilt
1935 59,970 1947 199+ 216 rebuilt
1940 77,670 1948 334 + 286 rebuilt
1945 75,040 1949 138+ 73 rebuilt
1950 89,410 1950 102+ 15 rebuilt
1951 (Census) 88,420 1951 319
1952 88,160 1952 355
1953 87,990 1953 265
1954 88,180 1954 503
1955 88,780 1955 529
1956 89,300 1956 423
Number of inhabited houses at end of 1957
(according to Rate Books) approximately 27,842
Rateable Value £1,219,267
Sum represented by a penny rate £4,975
Unemployment. Men Women Boys Girls Total
December, 31st 1956 172 85 10 7 274
December 31st, 1957 192 68 10 6 276
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 a 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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