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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 12,400
POPULATION.
The population as estimated by the Registrar-General in the
middle of the year was 81,920, and this figure is being used in
connection with the vital statistics as set out in this Report.
It will be recollected that from information obtained during
the course of the Housing Survey the population of Enfield was
estimated on December 31st, 1935, at 79,000, a figure which has
been borne out by other statistics.
Working on the excess of births over deaths the population
of the District at the end of December, 1936, would be 79,565.
This, however, does not take into consideration immigration into
the District, which has been considerable, for 1,952 houses have
been built in the District during the year; nor the emigration out
of the District, which is probably low. Even taking an average
of 2.5 persons per house the increase would be 4,880, giving a
population at the end of 1936 of 84,445.

The rateable value of the District is £707,617
The net product (after allowing for cost of
collection) of a penny rate is £2,625
The following table indicates the growth in the number of
inhabited houses, the rateable value and the sum represented by
a penny rate during the last ten years.