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PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF
Medical Officer of Health : Dr. W. D. Hyde.
Deputy do. Dr. A. C. McLeish (Resigned 4th
December, 1951)
Senior Sanitary Inspector: Mr. A. N. Smith.
Sanitary Inspectors: Mr. H. Wiggett, Mr. A. Ramsden, Mr. D. C.
Turner, Mr. C. Day, Mr. G. E. A. Laney and Mr. N. Smith
(appointed 15th October, 1951).
Shops and Housing Inspector: Mr. M. Wilson.
Rodent Investigator: Mr. P. W. Partridge.
Chief Clerk : Mr. Sydney Coulter.
Senior Clerk : Mr. C. W. Chapman.
General Clerks: Mr. J. W. Viggers, Mrs. F. I. Dufton and Miss J.
Pinkham.
Shorthand-Typist: Miss H. E. Grout, Miss A. V. Frost (resigned).
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
POPULATION
The population as estimated by the Registrar General is
109,900.
The number of inhabited houses at the end of 1951, according
to the Rate Books, was 28,385.
Explanatory Note :—
Definition of " Houses "—Structurally separate dwellings including
flats.
The rateable value of the District is £891,541
The net product (after allowing for cost of collection)
of a penny rate is £3,313
AREA
Area (in acres) 12,400
NEW HOUSES
The number of houses erected during the course of the year
was 330.