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PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF
Medical Officer of Health :
Acting Deputy do.
Senior Sanitary Inspector :
Chief Sanitary Inspector :
Dr. W. D. Hyde, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H.
Dr. Margaret R. Gilmour, M.B.,
Ch.B., D.P.H.
Mr. A. N. Smith (Retired 18th
September, 1953).
Mr. J. C. Lightfoot, M.R.San.I.,
M.S.I.A., Cert. of R.San.I. for Inspection of Meat and Other
Foods, Smoke Inspector's Certificate. Diploma, Sanitary
Science. (Appointed 21st September, 1953).
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 (Resigned 23rd
January, 1953).
Rodent Investigator : Mr. P. W. Partridge.
Chief Clerk : Mr. Sydney Coulter.
Senior Clerk : Mr. S. N. Dance.
General Clerks : Mr. J. W. Viggers, Miss J. Pinkham and Miss D. M.
Smith (Appointed 10th August, 1953).
Shorthand-Typist: Miss H. E. Grout (Transferred to Clerk's
Dept. 6th July, 1953).
Mrs. I7. I. Dufton.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
POPULATION
The population as estimated by the Registrar General is
109,300.
The number of inhabited houses at the end of 1953, according
to the Rate Books, was 30,352.
Explanatory Note : Definition of "Houses"—Structurally
separate dwellings including flats.
The rateable value of the District is £916,288
The net product (after allowing for cost of collection)
of a penny rate is £3,750
AREA
Area (in acres) 12,400
NEW HOUSES
The number of houses erected during the course of the year
was 413.