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PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF
Medical Officer of Health : Dr. W. D. Hyde.
Acting Deputy do. Dr. M. R. Gilmour.
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
Shops and Housing Inspector : Mr. M. Wilson.
Rodent Investigator : Mr. P. W. Partridge.
Chief Clerk : Mr. Sydney Coulter.
Senior Clerk : Mr. C. W. Chapman (resigned 6th September, 1952).
Mr. S. N. Dance (appointed 27th October, 1952).
General Clerks : Mr. J. W. Viggers, Mrs. F. I. Dufton and Miss J.
Pinkham.
Shorthand-Typist: Miss H. E. Grout.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
POPULATION
The population as estimated by the Registrar General is
109,700.
The number of inhabited houses at the end of 1952, according
to the Rate Books, was 29,924.
Explanatory Note:—
Definition of "Houses"—Structurally separate dwellings including
flats.
The rateable value of the District is £902,979
The net product (after allowing for cost of collection)
of a penny rate is £3,651
AREA
Area (in acres) 12,400
NEW HOUSES
The number of houses erected during the course of the year
was 254.