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PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF
Medical Officer of Health : Dr. W. D. Hyde, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H.
Acting Deputy do. Dr. Margaret R. Gilmour, M.B.,
Ch.B., D.P.H.
Chief Sanitary Inspector : 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.
Sanitary Inspectors: Mr. H. Wiggett, Mr. A. Ramsden, Mr. D. C.
Turner, Mr. C. Day (Resigned 5th August, 1954) Mr. G. E. A.
Laney and Mr. N. Smith.
Rodent Investigator: Mr. P. W. Partridge.
Chief Clerk: Mr. Sydney Coulter.
Senior Clerk: Mr. S. N. Dance.
General Clerks : Mr. J. W. Viggers (Retired 22nd May, 1954) Miss
J. Pinkham (Resigned 24th July, 1954) Mr. E. Gray (Appointed
21st June, 1954) Mrs. I. Curtis (Appointed 16th August, 1954)
and Miss D. M. Smith.
Shorthand-Typist: Mrs. F. I. Dufton.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
POPULATION
The population as estimated by the Registrar General is
109,200.
The number of inhabited houses at the end of 1954, according
to the Rate Books, was 30,685.
Explanatory Note : Definition of "Houses"—Structurally
separate dwellings including flats.
The rateable value of the District is £921,733
The net product (after allowing for cost of collection)
of a penny rate is (Estimated) £3,750
AREA
Area (in acres) 12,400
NEW HOUSES
The number of houses erected during the course of the year
was 383.