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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 287
Estimate midyear,
90,500
Relative figures for previous years.
Population—Mid-Year. New Houses Erected.
1931 (Census) 33,150 1946 82+ 64 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
1957 90,020 1957 384
1958 90,330 1958 313
Number of inhabited houses at the end of 1959
(according to Rate Books) approximately 28,281
Rateable Value £1,309,665
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,350
Unemployment. Men Women Boys Girls Total
December 31st, 1958 347 103 9 21 480
December 31st, 1959 242 95 29 8 374
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, 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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