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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, Cert.R.S. of Health,
M.S.I.A., Cert, of R.S. of Health for Inspection of Meat and
Other Foods, Smoke Inspector's Certificate. Diploma, Sanitary
Science.
Sanitary Inspectors and Inspectors of Meat and Foods : Mr. H.
Wiggett, Cert.R.S. of Health, Mr. A. Ramsden, Cert.R.S. of
Health, Mr. D. C. Turner, Cert.R.S. of Health, Mr. G. E. A.
Laney, Cert.R.S. of Health, Mr. N. Smith Cert.R.S. of Health,
and Mr. K. E. Sewell, A.R.S. of Health (Appointed 21st February,
1955).
Rodent Investigator: Mr. P. W. Partridge.
Chief Clerk : Mr. Sydney Coulter.
Senior Clerk : Mr. S. N. Dance.
General Clerks: Mr. E. Gray, Mrs. I. Curtis 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
109,000.
The number of inhabited houses at the end of 1955, according
to the Rate Books, was 31,219.
Explanatory Note : Definition of " Houses "—Structurally
separate dwellings including flats.
The rateable value of the Borough is £942,733
The net product (after allowing for cost of collection)
of a penny rate is (Estimated) £3,800
AREA
Area (in acres) 12,400
NEW HOUSES
The number of houses erected during the course of the year
was 470.