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10
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF
THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 6,556
Registrar-General's estimate of resident
population 1936 102,000
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1936)
according to Rate Books 23,994
Rateable value (Dec. 31st, 1936) £527,513
Sum represented by a penny rate (estimated
1936-37) £2,095
Social Conditions of Inhabitants.
The influx of industries during 1936 has continued,
and the amount of local employment has considerably
increased. The tendency now is for residents of the
area to find employment within the district or in
districts contiguous thereto. This changing condition
of affairs is welcomed; formerly Dagenham was largely
a dormitory town, but the setting up of local industries
is doing much to alter this condition.
As in previous years, the building industry has
continued to be active; the number of inhabited
houses according to Rate Books has increased by 1,194.
Several private estates have been and are still being
developed.