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Enfield 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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5
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 91,940, and this figure is being used in
connection with the vital statistics as set out in this report.

Table: The following table shows how the population of the District has increased during the last ten years.

The following table shows how the population of the District has increased during the last ten years.

Year.Population.
192965,100
193065,504
193168,220
193269,910
193371,790
193474,664
193576,960
193681,920
193787,200
193891,940

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The number of inhabited houses at the end of 1938, according
to the Rate Books, was 25,920.
The rateable value of the District is £760,172
The net product (after allowing for cost of
collection) of a penny rate is £3,120
The following table indicates the increase in the number of
inhabited houses, the rateable value and the sum represented by
a penny rate during the last ten years.